Fluorescence Microscopy Image Illustrates How the Researchers' Microfluidic Device (IMAGE)
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About 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastases, when tumors spread to other vital organs, and a research group recently realized that it's not individual cells but rather distinct clusters of cancer cells that circulate and metastasize to other organs. As the group reports in AIP Advances, they set out to gain a better understanding of these circulating cancer cell clusters. The group's microfluidic device brings a new therapeutic strategy to the fight. This fluorescence microscopy image illustrates how the researchers' microfluidic device, using an antibody-decorated hydrogel (red), can isolate prostate cancer cell clusters of various sizes.
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Shaner et al.
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