Can science STOP breast cancer from spreading?

'The next step is to figure out how to keep this receptor switched on, so the tumor cells cannot leave the blood vessels, stopping breast cancer spreading and making the disease easier to treat successfully.'

Researchers believe they have discovered a protein that can prevent the spread of breast cancer!

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The protein, called EPHA2, was discovered to stop cancer cells from leaving blood vessels and spreading to other areas.

The Cancer Research UK reported that breast cancer travelling in the bloodstream tends to settle in bones, the liver or lungs.

Though EPHA2 brings hope, the question of how to keep it active remains an issue.

Dr. Claus Jorgensen, from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, explained, "The next step is to figure out how to keep this receptor switched on, so the tumor cells cannot leave the blood vessels, stopping breast cancer spreading and making the disease easier to treat successfully."

Daily Mail reported Nell Barrie, science information manager, saying "This is important research that teaches us more about how breast cancer cells move.
"Research like this is vital to help our understanding of how cancer spreads, and how to stop this from happening. More research is needed before this will benefit patients, but it is a jump in the right direction."
The study was published in Science Signaling, a science journal.
Please pray that God guides the scientists and helps produce a way to keep EPHA2 activated.

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