Early stage cancer cells motivated to move in search of oxygen

Monday, August 8, 2016 - 08:31 in Biology & Nature

Like most life forms, cancer cells need oxygen to survive. But scientists had never tracked cancer cells’ search for oxygen in their early growth stages until now—a step toward deeper understanding of one way cancer spreads that could help treat the disease. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]

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