Oncology & Cancer

New breast cancer stem cell clues may help develop therapeutics

Researchers have identified a new regulatory pathway that may play an important role in basal-like breast cancer (BLBC), a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer often referred to as "triple negative." This pathway ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers discover new information on the spread of cancer

A new study from the University of Turku, Finland, shows that intracellular receptor signalling sustains cancer cells that have detached from the surrounding tissue. When the signalling is prevented, the cells cannot spread ...

Oncology & Cancer

Integrin cell adhesion receptors are risky cancer drug targets

A possible cancer treatment strategy might in fact lead to increased metastasis in some cases. This finding from a team of LACDR researchers led by Erik Danen made the cover of the February 11 edition of Science Signaling.