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from the Cornell Chronicle By Alla Katsnelson It’s been a long-standing mystery why certain types of cancers spread to particular organs in the body. Now, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered precisely how this happens, supporting a century-old hypothesis ...

Extracellular shed vesicles, including exosomes and microvesicles, are disseminated throughout the body and represent an important conduit of cell communication. Cancer-cell-derived microvesicles have potential as a cancer biomarker as they help shape the tumor microenvironment to promote the growth of ...