![In the centre: green angular origami-like shapes stacked on top of each other. Small orange rectangles akin to adhesive tape are placed where the green shapes connect with each other. In the background: a circle in the middle and cancer cells on the left and right.](https://www.embl.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/StackingProteins_final-1000x600-1-300x180.jpg)
‘Invisible’ protein keeps cancer at bay
Science & Technology EMBL Hamburg scientists and collaborators discovered a new molecular mechanism in which an unstructured protein disables one of the main cancer-promoting proteins by gluing them into an elongated stack. Data from human patient samples support the role of this mechanism in prostate cancer…
2024
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