Monday, February 20, 2012

No Breaks On Breast Cancer Cells

Scientists in Germany from the Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have found a small molecule called miR-520 (MicroRNA) which stops the flow in two pathways in the development of cancer in cells. The Cancer Center has found out that tumors will lower the levels of the miR-520 disease. The disease also stops you from getting protein through your body.


Breast cancer cells; proteins of the cytoskeleton are shown in red. (Credit: Lutz Langbein, German Cancer Research Center)