Discovery of Pro-Metastasis Protein Reveals Mysterious Link to Neurodegeneration
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified a protein that makes breast cancer cells more likely to metastasize. What's more, the protein appears to trigger cancer's spread in part by blocking two other proteins normally linked to neurodegeneration, a finding that suggests a tie between two of the most common diseases of old age.