Rare diseases: The Spanish scientist working on a cure for a rare disfiguring disease

Metastasis is responsible for 90% of the eight million cancer deaths each year in the world.
“This disease is benign until the moment it starts transforming and the tumors become malignant.
It is initially indicated by the appearance of coffee-colored patches on the skin, along with tumors called neurofibromas on nervous tissue.
They have just made a documentary for the BBC telling the story of their fight to prevent the disease from overcoming their lives.
Peinado’s team has discovered a protein that communicates with the malign tumor and the rest of the bodyPeinado and his team discovered that primary tumors emit millions of tiny vesicles called exosomes, which act as advance units that prepare a cancer’s invasion of the rest of the body.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/10/14/inenglish/1476434342_618714.html