Tracking cancer

seaweed found on beaches across Britain may provide some important clues to scientists about the process through which cancer develops. Researchers at the University of West of England, Bristol, have discovered a technique to track the growth of deadly cancer cells in the body using a seaweed extract.

The researchers would use the method to find why some cancer cells break free from their original growth and travel around the body. During this process, the cells lead to lethal secondary cancers.

The scientists extracted lectin