New cancer-fighting strategy would harden cells to prevent metastasis
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Existing cancer therapies are geared toward massacring tumor cells, but researchers propose a different strategy: subtly hardening cancer cells to prevent them from invading new areas of the body. They devised a way of screening compounds for the desired effect and have identified a compound that shows promise in fighting pancreatic cancer.