Watch a cancer cell evade capture

By moving around, some cancer cells force attacking immune cells to just nibble at the edges

In this microscopy video, a cancer cell appears to wriggle away from an immune cell.

A leukemia cell (green in this false-color fluorescence microscopy video) evades being eaten by an immune cell (blue) by constantly moving. Instead of engulfing the cancer cell, the immune cell can only nibble at its edges.

Dewi Nurmalasari and Brandon Scott

PHILADELPHIA ­— Cancer cells’ quick moves may make them skilled escape artists.