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.