by Delft University of Technology Figure showing a sample of bone cancer cells (from the U2OS cell line) viewed in three colors: a red membrane label, a green nuclear label and, in blue, phototagged cells that form the letters UFO. UFO stands for ‘Ultrawide Field-of-view Optics’. Credit: Pin-Rui Su (Chien Lab). Metastases in cancer are...
by Kerry Benson, Brown University As researchers and medical professionals work to develop new treatments for cancer, they face a variety of challenges. One is intratumor heterogeneity—the presence of multiple kinds of cancer cells within the same tumor. Often, these “mosaic” tumors include cells, such as polyploidal giant cancer cells, that have evolved to become aggressive and resistant...
