Features that differentiate highly metastatic breast cancer cells from less aggressive forms revealed. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition defines changes that cells undergo when becoming invasive, whether during tissue development, wound healing or cancer progression. This study shows that highly metastatic cells bear a hybrid of epithelial and mesenchymal characteristics
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