“Patchiness” in mechanical stiffness across a tumor as an early-stage marker for malignancy

Abstract Mechanical phenotyping of tumors, either at an individual cell level or tumor cell population level is gaining traction as a diagnostic tool. However, the extent of diagnostic and prognostic information that can be gained through these measurements is still unclear. In this work, we focus o...

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Main Authors: Zibah Mirzakhel, Gudur Ashrith Reddy, Jennifer Boman, Brianna Manns, Savannah ter Veer, Parag Katira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02221-6