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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Galectin-3

Strikes me as something from cosmology, but it's actually from biology.  It's a molecule that metastatic cancer cells bind to very well.  The more aggressive the metastasis the more galectin-3 present.  It's like the cancer is sending signals to create a micro-environment to help ensure its success at metastasis.

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