Control of cell movement with light accomplished in living organisms

Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

A precise understanding of cellular growth and movement is the key to developing new treatments for cancer and other disorders caused by dysfunctional cell behaviour. Recent breakthroughs in genetic medicine have uncovered how genes control whether cellular proteins are turned 'on' or 'off' at the molecular level, but much remains to be understood about how protein signalling influences cell behaviour...

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