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Human multi-organ chip tracks breast cancer spread to bone and lung

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

By: Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science From: medicalxpress.com Cancer spreading beyond the primary tumor—a process known as metastasis—is responsible for at least two-thirds of cancer deaths. Drugs targeting metastatic progression have largely failed, in part because of the lack of predictive models that would help identify the underlying mechanisms of metastasis. While animal models have led to …