Scientists at Stanford University have uncovered a novel physical mechanism that breast cancer cells use to break out and become invasive. They observed that in addition to established chemical ...

For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor's own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in a protective "basement" membrane -- a thin, pliable film that holds cancer cells in ...

Studies by scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Beijing Normal University, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have generated new insights into the elastic ...

Engineers have characterized the properties of the protective membrane around tumors and found that this lining may be a good target for therapies to prevent metastasis. For cancer cells to ...

Researchers have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building a barrier surrounding breast tumors. Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University ...

Prof. Yucai Wang and Assoc. Prof. Wei Jiang, leading a research team at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) within the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has unveiled the ...

To examine the thermal stability of the helical structure of type IV collagen within basement membranes in situ, we have employed indirect immunofluorescence histochemistry performed at progressively ...