Secrets of a little-known cancer ally revealed

Yale lab discovered proteins that can reduce number of nucleolus, which make the cell’s protein factories. The findings has implications for cancer research. (Image credit: Baserga Lab)

February 13, 2018

A team of Yale University researchers have discovered a sort of master switching network of proteins crucial to sustain cell growth. The team — led by Susan Baserga and her graduate students Katie Farley-Barnes and Kat McCann in the Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry — screened for proteins crucial to the formation of nucleoli.

Read Bill Hathaway’s news story here and the original publication here.