Taiwan researchers find a key to prostate cancer metastasis
04/16/2021 08:51 PM
NHRI associate researcher Chuu Chih-pin. Photo courtesy of the NHRI
Taipei, April 16 (CNA) Researchers at Taiwan s National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) have found that stimulating activity in a certain gene may suppress the ability of prostate cancer to spread to the bones, a finding they said could lead to new medicines.
Chuu Chih-pin (褚志斌), an associate researcher at the NHRI s Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, said in a statement Friday that the team s research focused on the role of the ROR2 gene, which is involved in chemical signaling that regulates cellular activity. In the statement, Chuu explained that prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in men worldwide and the sixth-most common cancer overall in Taiwan.