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Mechanics play a pivotal role in the development, progression, and metastasis of cancer. Unfortunately, an effective and reliable method of mechanical characterization of metastatic cancer has remained elusive. Until this point, available methods had destroyed the tissue sample while analyzing it. In a new study published on the
bioRxiv preprint server, a team at the University of Sheffield, UK, present the findings of its latest research prior to peer review that demonstrate the efficacy of a novel method of characterizing metastatic breast tumors with atomic force microscopy (AFM).
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Paradoxical Evidence Regarding the Mechanical Properties of Breast Cancer
The June edition of SLAS Discovery features the cover article, A Perspective on Synthetic Biology in Drug Discovery and Development Current Impact and Future Opportunities by Florian David, Ph.D. (Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden), Andrew M. Davis, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca, Cambridge, England, UK). Michael Gossing, Ph.D., Martin A. Hayes, Ph.D., and Elvira Romero, Ph.D., and Louis H. Scott, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden), and Mark J. Wigglesworth, Ph.D. (AstraZeneca, London, England, UK).