by Dennis Thompson Some people might be prone to low back pain because of specific cells contained in their spinal disks, a new study suggests. The research could explain why only certain people develop back pain due to the degeneration of their spinal disks, which are jelly-filled spacers that act as shock absorbers between the...
by University of Geneva Photomicrograph of a cell co-culture of pro-metastatic primary colon cancer PAME (purple) mixed with induced migratory PIM (green). Credit: Ariel Ruiz i Altaba Metastatic cells occur in many forms of cancer. They originate in primary tumors and then break away and migrate. They travel through the tissues surrounding them, through blood...
