Ever wonder how tumours spread?

For Dr. Anand Krishnan, finding effective anti-cancer therapies means finding a way to decode the language tumours use to communicate with nerves.

"What we are trying to do is cut the lines of feeding from the nerves to the tumours," Krishnan said.

In this episode, he explains why applying the principles of cancer biology to neuroscience may lead to more targeted anti-cancer therapy, even regenerating damaged nerves.