(ANSA) - Rome, May 22 - 'Chameleon' cancer stem cells, the
'foundation' on which tumors grow, have been found to move from
a main site to other organs through blood while changing their
appearances to result in metastasis.
The first research study that isolated them in blood
circulation was coordinated by biologist Elena Binda, director
of the Cancer Stem Cells Unit of the IRCCS Casa Sollievo della
Sofferenza of San Giovanni Rotondo and scientific director of
Istituto Angelo Vescovi.
It was published in the Ebiomedicine journal of the Lancet
group.
Blood 'chameleon cells' cause metastasis
Isolated, 'basis for diagnosis and treatment'