“Metastasis – when cancer cells dissociate from the original tumor and migrate via the blood stream to colonize distant organs – is the main cause of cancer death. A team of scientists…has now revealed new details about the mechanisms controlling metastasis of breast cancer cells…’The mechanism we identified is clinically important. It can predict the development of metastasis and possibly how the cancer will respond to treatment.’ This discovery may, in the future, aid in the development of drugs to prevent or reduce the production of the unwanted protein, and thus prevent metastasis in breast or other cancers.” Full Slice

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