The tumor has now invaded the tissue beyond the basement membrane. Individual cells from the tumor enter into the network of newly formed blood vessels, using these vessels as highways by which ...

To the editor–The recent press, both popular and scientific, has given wide coverage of the beneficial properties of green tea, most commonly used in Asian countries. Consumption has been ...

Research on C. elegans worms could point to new ways to stop tumor cells from metastasizing in humans DURHAM, N.C. -- What makes some cancer cells stay put while others break loose and spread through ...

Often during the development of earlier stages of the tumor, or perhaps by the time the tumor has broken through the basement membrane (as pictured above), angiogenesis takes place. Angiogenesis ...

More information: Qin Wang et al, Breaking through the basement membrane barrier to improve nanotherapeutic delivery to tumours, Nature Nanotechnology (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-023-01498-w ...