France scientists find help cancer cells spread of gene

Key words: cancer cell proliferation gene

France national health and Medical Research Institute researchers found that there are two genes in cancer cell proliferation has played an important role in this discovery will find cancer treatment method provides a new way of thinking.

The Institute of a study group 11, communiqué, the human body contains named Twist1 and two gene Twist2, they are the embryonic development of the "major regulatory factors", but in normal adults body they generally select the "silence". But the researchers found through experiment, in a number of cancer cases both genes are activated again, they can enhance cancer cell invasion and activity, make it past the immune system of the "defence", the spread to other organs.

Research group leaders Alan · Peel Syria considers that this finding would help early detection of cancer and cancer early therapy, the research results were published in the latest issue of the journal cancer cell, United States.