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Canadian scientists said that they discovered the way cancer cells spread to other organs in the human body.  They said that cancer cell spread by releasing protein “bubbles”, this study might bring the question of how scientist thought how the cancer spread.

The discovery was made by Dr. Janusz Rak and colleagues at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center in collaboration with Dr. Ab Guha of the University of Toronto.

The scientist found that cancer cells have the ability to communicate with their more healthy counterparts by releasing vesicles “Bubble-Like structure” which contains cancer causing protein that can trigger specific mechanism when they merge into non- or less- malignant cells.

Rak said the finding demonstrates that cancer is a multi-cell process, where the cells “talk” to one another extensively.

“This goes against the traditional view that a single ‘mutated’ cell will simply multiply uncontrollably to the point of forming a tumor,” said Rak. “This discovery opens exciting new research avenues, but we also hope that it will lead to positive outcomes for patients.”

The study appears in the online edition of the journal Nature Cell Biology.