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Understanding How Cancer Spreads: Nanotech Single-Cell Monitoring Technique Could Give Insights

By Guest PostDecember 14, 2011Healthcancer metastasis, cancerous tumor, circulating tumor cells, genetic code, how cancer spreads, magnetic nanoparticles, personalized cancer treatment, single cancer cell

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A technique that lets researchers monitor single cancer cells in real time as they float in liquid could help doctors study the breakaway tumor cells that cause metastasis. Metastasis is the process of the disease spreading through the body. (more…)

Blocking Rogue Gene Could Stop the Spread of Most Cancers

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2011Healthcancer cell inhibitors, cancer cells spread, culprit gene, how cancer spreads, rogue gene, smads

*Scientists at the University of East Anglia have discovered a rogue gene which – if blocked by the right drugs – could stop cancer in its tracks.*

Published on January 24, 2011, by the journal Oncogene, the discovery is a breakthrough in our understanding of how cancer spreads. It is hoped the research will lead to new drugs that halt the critical late stage of the disease when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body. (more…)