Protein Involved in Nerve-Cell Migration Implicated in Spread of Brain Cancer
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
The invasion of brain-tumor cells into surrounding tissue requires the same protein molecule that neurons need to migrate into position as they differentiate and mature, according to new research from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and published August 7 in the online journal PLOS ONE.