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.
June 2009
Consortium June Update
Standfirst
The Cell Migration Knowledgebase has been improved to make all available information on genes, proteins and their orthologs easier and quicker to find. Visit the pages on the Paxillin family for an example.
Obama requests US science funding
Standfirst
After a massive stimulus injection in February, requests for research monies level out.
Why people with Down's syndrome get fewer cancers
Standfirst
Individuals with Down's syndrome have an extra copy of the DSCR1 gene (also known as RCAN1), which appears to increase protection from some types of cancer by suppressing the growth of the blood vessels that feed tumours.
A change of strategy in the war on cancer
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Robert A. Gatenby from the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida suggests that trying to control cancer may prove a better plan than striving to cure it.
