Cell ‘glue’ opens new pathways to understanding cancer Posted on March 14, 2011February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit Australian researchers at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland (UQ) have found a novel way in which the proteins that ‘glue’ cells together to form healthy tissues can come unstuck, opening new avenues to understanding how these proteins are disturbed in diseases such as cancer. Professor Alpha Yap and Sabine Mangold have been studying how cells stick together and the diseases that occur when cells detach when they shouldn’t. In particular, the progression of tumours to advanced stages commonly occurs when cancer cells separate from their tissue of origin. Continue reading “Cell ‘glue’ opens new pathways to understanding cancer”
