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Lung cancer spreads like ‘unanchored tents’, study shows
Research carried out by the University of York has outlined that the spread of lung cancer in the body is akin to the pattern of collapsed tents adrift in the wind.
The research highlighted that communication between two proteins is what prompts a cell to lose its shape and become unanchored, allowing it to migrate to other parts of the body.
Writing in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Dr Daniel Ungar, from the University of York's biology department, explained: “It has fixed sides to hold its shape and is firmly anchored to the ground in order to secure its contents.
"In order to move the tent, we have to rearrange its contents and collapse its sides in order to lift it out of its anchored position and carry it away."
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