An international research team has discovered a potential new target for a drug that could prevent the deadly metastases responsible for 90% of cancer deaths. According to a study published in Nature, an international team of researchers has identified a mechanism that allows cancer cells to spre
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. It is a leading cause of death worldwide. Some common forms of cancer include breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer.
These findings provide a potential new target for stopping metastasis, which is responsible for 90% of cancer deaths. The Lewis lab was invited to join the project led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, because of its expertise in imaging human cancer cells in real-time motion using the placenta-like chorioallantoic membrane from fertilized chicken eggs.
“We then went on to show that when this signaling pathway is perturbed in cancer cells it changes their ability to escape the bloodstream and metastasize,” Lewis says.
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