<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-03-09-going-up-discovering-a-proteins-elevator-motion-could-spur-new-cancer-treatments.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>03/09/2023</pubDate><title>Going up: Discovering a protein's "elevator motion" could spur new cancer treatments</title><description>Spartan researchers help show how omnipresent biomolecular machines with important health implications transport metals</description><author>Matt Davenport</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/zip_social.png" alt="New research from Michigan State University has shown how proteins known as ZIPs transport metal into living cells. ZIPs are found across the tree of life, playing important roles in health and disease. Adapted by Zhang, Y., Jian, Y., et al. Nature Communications (2023). Licensed under CC BY 4.0."/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/zip_social.png" alt="New research from Michigan State University has shown how proteins known as ZIPs transport metal into living cells. ZIPs are found across the tree of life, playing important roles in health and disease. Adapted by Zhang, Y., Jian, Y., et al. Nature Communications (2023). Licensed under CC BY 4.0."/></image><tags><tag>hot topics</tag></tags></item>