Scientists Discover New Cell Communication Process

A team of international molecular scientists has discovered a new, fast mechanism by which cells communicate change – for example their location during spreading of a cancer in the human body – to adjacent cells. The discovery, published online today in the open-access journal PLoS Biology,  sheds new light on cell behavior and could lead to the development on new drugs to combat diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease.

The team led by Monash University Associate Professor Martin Lackmann found that for one particular …