by Monash University Credit: Fayette Reynolds M.S. from Pexels Australian researchers have discovered a new way that epithelial cells, which form layers in organs like the skin and stomach, attach to one another, and how they perceive growth signals at these attachments, helping them form tissues of the right size and shape. Epithelial cells cover the...
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Cancer cells steer a jagged path
Rice, Duke researchers define a small protein’s central role in tumor mechanics RICE UNIVERSITY A jagged little protein appears to be key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers at Rice University and the Duke University School of Medicine. IMAGE: RICE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS, FROM LEFT, JOSÉ ONUCHIC, HERBERT LEVINE AND...