Scientists identify key process in cell death that stops cancer from spreading

Dr Luke Clifton standing in front of the advanced Offspec instrument at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in Oxfordshire that produced real time images of processes taking place inside cells for the study (STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source)

Scientists have discovered a key process that is involved when the body’s cells die, which also stops cancer from spreading.

Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism of the early stages of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, where cells that are no longer needed undergo self-destruction by activating the co-called “death programme”.