Two proteins compete for one port on a growth factor; one promotes metastasis, the other blocks it
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 12:02
in Health & Medicine
Consider two drivers, each with a key that fits the same car. Driver 1 wants simply to turn on the ignition and leave the vehicle idling, ready and waiting to roll. Driver 2 wants to take it on a destructive joy ride. New cancer researchers have discovered that the same happens in our bodies between two proteins.