Mouse Embryo Microscopy (IMAGE)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mouse Embryo Microscopy

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Under the microscope, MSK scientists studied how cells in a mouse embryo (green) move out and break away from their original tissue by contracting their surfaces (red). Studying this process, known as epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), in a developmental context can help shed light on EMT in cancer metastasis.

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Photo courtesy of the Hadjantonakis Lab

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