When tumor cells acquire the expanse to move around and invade other tissues, there is a risk of metastases and cancer rehabilitation becomes more difficult. At the Institut Curie, CNRS big man of inquisition Philippe Chavrier and his group have just discovered how breast cancer cells break the bonds that tether them to the tumor. The basement membrane around the mammary gland is a barrier to the spread of cancer cells. Three proteins in the tumor cells transport enzymes needed to perforate this barrier, and another protein puts these enzymes in the right place.

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