NUI Galway scientists make breakthrough in study of aggressive breast cancer

Scientists at NUI Galway have discovered how cells related to one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer can rewire themselves to have a better chance of surviving and spreading to other sites in the body.

The breakthrough finding by the team at the Apoptosis Research Centre in the University shows that a specific cell behaviour – known as the IRE1 stress response pathway – adapts the metabolism of triple negative breast cancer cells.