Saturday 23 August 2014

Microfluidic Device Monitors Key Step in Development of Tumor Metastases

A microfluidic device developed at Massachusetts General Hospital may help monitor key steps in the process by which cancer cells break off from a primary tumor to invade other tissues and form metastases. In their report published in iNature Materials/i, the investigators describe an stands for epithelial-mesenchymal transition, a fundamental change in cellular characteristics that has been associated with the ability of tumor cells to migrate and invade ...

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