Immune system 'escape hatch' gives cancer cells traction
...tists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere say they have mapped out an escape route that cancers use to evade the bodys immune system, allowing the disease to spread unchecked. In a report published in the July 1 issue of the journal Nature Medicine, the Hopkins team, along with researchers from Florida and N...Weizmann Institute scientists discover a control mechanism for metastasis
...enter at Tel Hashomer. To begin with, the team mapped all of the genetic changes that take place in the cell after the growth factor signal is received. As they sifted through the enormous amount of data they received, including details on every protein level that went up or down, one family of proteins...