News
A collection of the very latest news items relevant to the cell migration community, selected from the CMC, news@nature.com and journals from the Nature family.
July 2008
Consortium July Update
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Actin treadmilling: G-actin diffusion or local recycling?
Signalling in space: Coupling at the plasma membrane.Cancer reveals cruel trick
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Some tumours may stimulate the growth of distant cancers within the body.
Measles doesn't wrok in the way we thought
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The discovery that the measles virus replicates in immune cells paves the way for potentially new and better cancer treatments that use a modified version of the virus to focus on the immune system.
Human cells used to cure brain disease in mice
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Human brain cells have been used to correct abnormal brain development in mice with deadly brain disorders, offering hope for treating a range of neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis.
Biological tools revamp disease classification
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A wave of studies that use structural biology, genomics and biochemistry is revealing the complicated relationships between genes and disease.