Tumour model (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Tumour model

Caption

Tumour model using clumps of cancer cells (their nuclei are marked red) in a soft 3-D matrix of collagen. Pressure causes the cancer cells to burst rapidly into the surrounding soft matrix.

Credit

Dr Swetha Raghuraman

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