Discovery of pro-metastasis protein reveals mysterious link to neurodegeneration

Monday, July 28, 2014 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

Mice injected with metastatic breast cancer cells showed less metastasis when researchers silenced the protein TARBP2 in these cells. TARBP2 appears to promote metastasis in part by blocking suppressor genes, including two linked with neurodegeneration. More »

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