Twist, Snail, Slug. They may sound like words in a children’s nursery rhyme, but they are actually the exotic names given to proteins that can generate cells with stem cell-like properties that have the ability to form diverse types of tissue.  One protein with the even more out-there name of  ZEB1 (zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1), is now thought to keep breast cancer cells … Continue reading Protein ZEB1 promotes breast tumour resistance to radiation therapy.