02/24/2017 07:24 AM EST
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and The Wistar Institute have now found that physical forces exerted between cancer cells and the ECM are enough to drive a shape change necessary for metastasis. Those forces converge on an optimal stiffness that allows cancer cells to spread. Credit: University of Pennsylvania Source University of Pennsylvania
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Friday, February 24, 2017
Penn/Wistar study finds 'sweet spot' where tissue stiffness drives cancer's spread
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