Cancer cells move to rigid environments like droplets

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

Physics describe how a droplet actively moves and wets a surface can also explain how clusters of cancer cells migrate from soft to stiffer environments. This discovery could help us understand how ca...

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IBEC researchers explain 'Durotaxis', a cell migration mechanism with a potential role in several diseases

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

Xavier Trepat, group leader of the “Integrative cell and tissue dynamics” at IBEC together with Raimon Sunyer, Senior researcher in Trepat’s lab, have written a Primer in Current Biology magazin...

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