Thwarting Metastasis by Breaking Cancer’s Legs - Cancer cells often cover themselves with bristly leg-like protrusions that enable them to move. Researchers used gold rods heated gently by a laser to mangle the protrusions in lab cultures , preventing cell migration, a key mechanism in metastasis.

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Thwarting Metastasis by Breaking Cancer’s Legs - Cancer cells often cover themselves with bristly leg-like protrusions that enable them to move. Researchers used gold rods heated gently by a laser to mangle the protrusions in lab cultures , preventing cell migration, a key mechanism in metastasis.