Microfluidic device sorts tumor cells - 3 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Microfluidic device sorts tumor cells - 3

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UC San Diego researchers tested their microfluidic device on tumor cells obtained from patients with different stages of breast cancer and found that cells from aggressive tumors were less "sticky," while those from less aggressive tumors were more sticky.

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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