New Way to Distinguish Cancerous from Normal Cells

Friday, April 17, 2009 - 11:09 in Biology & Nature

A group of Clarkson University researchers has discovered a previously unknown feature that distinguishes cancer from normal cells. They have identified a critical difference between the surface properties of normal and cancer cells: variation in brushes or tiny "hairs" that cover the cell surface.

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