UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are part of a team that has identified a protein key to the movement of cells called melanoblasts. Melanoma develops when the growth of these cells is uncontrolled.
The protein the team identified is called P-Rex1. Researchers found that mice without the protein are resistant to melanoma metastases — the major cause of death from melanoma.
The team’s findings were published in the journal Nature Communications Tuesday.
