Cancer: Treatment that prevents tumor metastasis identified in animal study
The work by Professor Pierre Sonveaux’s team, at Université catholique de Louvain’s Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), succeeded in pinpointing a family of pharmaceutical compounds whose action prevents the appearance of tumor metastasis. The researchers achieved this tour de force by studying the mitochondria in tumor cells. These organelles are considered as the cells’ power station…