Researchers find out a novel method to prevent cancer metastasis

Source: science daily and www.vai.org

That’s right folks… this is an amazing breakthrough in the cancer research and will prove to be very useful or rather life saving for cancer patients.

Researchers at the Van Andel Institute have found out a protein called DIP which triggers “cell bubbling” and therefore metastasis.

For readers who are new to cancer research, here is a small bit of information. The term Metastasis is a phenomenon in which cancer cells that are initially formed at a particular region get loose and start spreading throughout the body.

Let’s come back… basically there is a protein called mDia2 which prevents tumour cell metastasis. Researches have found out that DIP interacts with mDia2 and causes the cell to bleb or bubble and thus cause metastasis.

mDia2 protein has been found to regulate the cell migration by regulating the formation of actin filaments. Hence when this protein is affected, metastasis is caused.

Researchers say that this research has thrown light onto the mechanisms involved in metastasis and that this line of research hasn’t been pursued before.

They also say that this could open up new avenues for finding out new type of drugs aimed at targeting such proteins.