Protein implicated in osteosarcoma's spread acts as air traffic controller
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
The investigation of a simple protein has uncovered its uniquely complicated role in the spread of the childhood cancer, osteosarcoma. It turns out the protein, called ezrin, acts like an air traffic controller, coordinating multiple functions within a cancer cell and allowing it to endure stress conditions encountered during metastasis.