Surprising discovery about physical properties of cancer cells

Researchers have found that the ability of cancer cells to survive turbulent fluid better than normal cells. This tough property of cancer cells could potentially be used for detection and further study of cancer. Before, scientists believed that cancer cells circulating in the blood were very fragile. Now, they believe that resistance to fluid shear stress might be an indicator between benign and malignant cells. This property also makes it easier for scientists to count the number of harmful cells. Additionally, trials showed that earlier exposure to fluid shear stress caused the cancer cells to become adaptive. This article stuck out to me because it dealt with cancer, which is my future focus area. This article also was interesting because it discussed cell types and properties, which we have been learning about recently in class.

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