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How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them – understanding how tumors migrate can help stop their spread

  • Written by Yizeng Li, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageTumor cells traverse many different types of fluids as they travel through the body.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Cell migration, or how cells move in the body, is essential to both normal body function and disease progression. Cell movement is what allows body parts to grow in the right place during early development,...

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