Researchers Link New Molecular Culprit to Breast Cancer Progression

Friday, November 23, 2012 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered a protein "partner" commonly used by breast cancer cells to unlock genes needed for spreading the disease around the body. A report on the discovery, published November 5 on the website of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, details how some tumors get the tools they need to metastasize.

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