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Researchers Find Potential Cancer Roadblock

By Guest PostAugust 2, 2012Health, Sciencebrain, breast cancer, cancer roadblock, cell, cell migration, cep 1347, cephalon, drug, invasion, jian chen, kathy gallo, liver, lungs, metastasizes, michigan state university, mixed lineage kinase, mlk inhibitor, mlk3, mlk3 pathway, phosphates, protein

EAST LANSING, Mich. — By identifying a key protein that tells certain breast cancer cells when and how to move, researchers at Michigan State University hope to better understand the process by which breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes.

When breast cancer metastasizes, cancer cells break away from a primary tumor and move to other organs in the body, including the lungs, liver and brain. In work published recently in the journal Cancer Research, MSU researchers Kathy Gallo and Jian Chen show a protein called MLK3 (mixed lineage kinase 3) is a critical driver of breast cancer cell migration and invasion. (more…)

Oxygen Sensor Invention Could Benefit Fisheries to Breweries

East Lansing, Mich — Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills, fish farming, brewing beer and more – and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need.

The concept of oxygen sensors isn’t new. The challenge, however, has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, phosphates and biological wastes. Ruby Ghosh, associate professor of physics, was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive. (more…)

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Researchers Find Potential Cancer Roadblock

Oxygen Sensor Invention Could Benefit Fisheries to Breweries