迪肯大学的一项研究发现导致乳腺癌细胞扩散至身体其他部分的罪魁祸首。
Stephanie Lebret是迪肯大学细胞和分子生物学的博士生，在副教授Leigh Ackland的帮助下她完成了这项研究。
Leigh 女士是使用特殊细胞模型模仿人类乳房来探索癌细胞扩散的第一人。利用这个方法，她最终确认了引起癌细胞扩散的元凶。
Leigh 女士说这只是个初步研究，随着进一步的探索，她希望能够研制出阻止癌细胞扩散的治疗方法。
Leigh 女士的研究近期发表在乳腺癌研究国际期刊上。
原文：
Deakin University research finds rogue cells that could cause spread of breast cancer
A Deakin University study has shed light on what causes breast cancer cells to move to other parts of the body.
Stephanie Lebret completed the study for her PhD at Deakin’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology under the supervision of Associate Professor Leigh Ackland.
Ms Lebret is the first to use a particular cell model that mimics the structure of the human breast to map the spread of cancer. Using this model she identified a rogue cell type that may cause cancer cells to move out of the breast.
Ms Lebret said that this is a preliminary study and that with further research she hopes that it will ultimately lead to preventative treatments for the spread of cancer.
Ms Lebret’s work was recently published in the international journal, Breast Cancer Research.
