Adhesion, contractility enable metastatic cells to go against the grain

(University of California - San Diego) Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego and San Diego State University have discovered a key feature that allows cancer cells to break from typical cell behavior and migrate away from the stiffer tissue in a tumor, shedding light on the process of metastasis and offering possible new targets for cancer therapies.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news