Welcome to the July 2010 Cell Migration Update, your one-stop resource for news, highlights and research on cell migration.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Specially written Editor's reviews of the hottest new articles
Haemocyte migration and repulsion: Call to arms
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Live-cell imaging in migrating Drosophila melanogaster haemocytes uncovers a role for the microtubule-binding protein Orbit in polarized migration and cell–cell repulsion.
Original research paper: J. Cell Biol. 189, 681-689 (2010)
Tumour cell extravasation: An active and dynamic process
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In vivo imaging reveals that extravasation of cancer cells is a dynamic process regulated by metastatic genes targeting adhesion, intravascular migration, and endothelial remodelling.
Original research paper: J. Cell Sci. 123, 2332-2341 (2010)
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Synopses of important recent articles
Metastasis: Pushing on through
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Regulators of cell invasion in nematode worms identify novel metastasis genes.
Nature Reviews Cancer 10, 452 - 453 (2010)
The changing faces of cancer cells
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Cancer stem cells might arise by the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 11, 466 (2010)
NEWS
The latest news selected from the CMC, Nature News and journals from the Nature family
Novel approach to controlling kinases in living cells reveals FAK control of ruffling
Neurodegenerative disease: inclusion formation
UK research centre born amid cuts
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£600-million science complex planned for centre of London.
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