A new structure in the human body that would play a role in the spread of cancer was discovered by chance

However, “Frodosom” is not as bad as it seems, because it would coordinate very important connections within the cell, but also between cells, and therefore probably plays an important but still unknown role in the functioning of cells. is mentioned in the study published this month in the Journal Nature Cell Biology, transmits Digi24.

Kang, a professor of molecular biology at Princeton University in New Jersey, and his team accidentally discovered this new structure while studying a gene called DACT1, linked to early bone development and cancer. Activation of the DACT1 gene appears to contribute to the spread of cancer cells.

Kang’s group found that the frodosome plays a role in the second phase of bone tumor spread. It is bad in the context of cancer, but it probably also plays an important role in healthy cells, Kang said. He and his team now hope to find out what his normal job is.

Researchers have discovered breast cancer and prostate cancer cells that have metastasized to the bone, frodosomes, but they appear and in healthy human cells, including lung cells.

Kang mentioned that it is too early to say that this discovery will come and help development of new treatments for metastases.

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