Growing Tumors Rapidly in the Lab
December 7, 2010 | Terry Sharrer
Dr. Todd Ridky
Todd Ridky, MD and a group at Stanford, were able to transform several human epithelial cells into invasive malignancies using a 3-D tissue culturing process. In most cancers, this “spontaneous” change might require years of accumulated processes, but these researchers accomplished it over a few days. This could be a significant advance for new anti-cancer drug development. MORE
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