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Scientists take big step toward stopping cancer metastasis

Anne Li                                           2/9/18

 

New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may give scientists a chance to target tumors before they metastasize. The study, published recently in the Nature research journal Oncogene, shows that a protein called LTBP3 fuels a chain reaction that leads some early developing tumors to grow new blood vessels. These vessels then act like highways to spread cancer cells throughout the body, seeding metastatic tumors very early on.

 

See original article at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180208144952.htm

 

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