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How invading cancer cells grip and rip their way into new tissues

  • May 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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How invading cancer cells grip and rip their way into new tissues
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that cancer cells do not simply push through surrounding tissues to spread, but instead actively grip onto protective tissue barriers and pull them apart, revealing a fundamentally new mechanism of cancer invasion that could open fresh avenues for therapeutic intervention.

Originally published at Phys.org

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