Tight spaces cause spreading cancer cells to divide improperly
Nanotubes mimic capillaries to study mitosis, metastasis
SQUEEZE PLAY When trapped inside tight tubes, cancer cells divide unevenly. But as their membranes bulge (shown with yellow arrows), the cell division gets a little less distorted.
W. Xi et al/ACS Nano 2016
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