Chennai, Aug. 24 -- Highlights:

* The underlying molecular mechanism involved in cancer metastasis has been discovered

* It involves a cell surface chemokine receptor called CCR7 that helps in cell //signaling

* Potential drug molecules have been identified that block CCR7

* This could result in effective therapy for cancer by preventing metastasis

Preventing tumor metastasis could soon be a reality, as per the findings of a new study conducted by scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute in collaboration with F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant. Scientists have made major headway in the development of an anticancer agent that prevents metastasis.

The research team used the Swiss Light Source for establishing the...