Halting Spread of Lung Cancer

A component of cancer cells, which act like a cellular post office, was found by the scientists at the Universities of York and Texas could be the key to preventing the spread of lung cancer to other parts of the body. These findings could lead to new therapeutics, targeted at a particular communication mechanism in the cell. This could trigger a change in the scaffolding of the cell perimeter, altering from a fixed shape, attached to an organ and to a less stable one that is moving freely around the body.

The Golgi apparatus or the “post office” of the …read more