Nerves Play Key Role In Triggering Prostate Cancer And Influencing Its Spread
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that nerves play a critical role in both the development and spread of prostate tumors. Their findings, using both a mouse model and human prostate tissue, may lead to new ways to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer and to novel therapies for preventing and treating the disease. The study published online today in the July 12 edition of Science.