Results tagged “Cancer”

A single cell in a 1-millimeter nematode worm is providing valuable new clues into cancer's deadliest behavior -- its ability to put down roots in new tissues after spreading throughout the body.

Biologist Phong Tran who is Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Associate has discovered a new mechanism in cell division which has implications for understanding aberrant chromosome's role in cancer according to the Penn Study.