Cancer Cells Can't Proliferate and Invade at the Same time - Scientific American - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 12 Jan 16The worsT cancer cells don'T siT sTill. InsTead They meTasTasize-migraTe from Their original siTes and esTablish new Tumors in oTher parTs of The body. Once a cancer spreads, iT is harder To eliminaTe. A sTudy by developmenTal biologisTs offers a fresh clue To how cancer cells acquire The abiliTy To invade oTher Tissues-a prerequisiTe for meTasTasis. IT reveals ThaT invasion requires cells To sTop dividing. Therefore, The Two processes- invasion and proliferaTion-are muTually exclusive. The finding could inform cancer Therapies, which Typically TargeT rapidly proliferaTing cancer cells.
