3D reconstruction of colorectal cancer (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

3D reconstruction of colorectal cancer

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A 3D reconstruction of colorectal cancer revealed that what was once thought to be 2D mucin pools with clusters of cancer cells floating inside is actually a complex and extensive network of channels and caverns (red and pink), with cancer cells forming finger-like projections (not visible).

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Clarence Yapp, Sorger lab, Harvard Medical School

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