Comprehending chemotaxis: Team uncovers the intricate mechanisms that allow certain cells to move

Friday, August 14, 2015 - 05:10 in Biology & Nature

What if cancer cells couldn't move? What if patients – once they're diagnosed with cancer – could take a drug that made cancer cells immobile? The answer is simple: survival rates would skyrocket. But reality is complicated. It's hard to know with precision how metastasis happens. But that's what James Bear, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, is trying to do – understand cell movement so he and others can do something about it.

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