Biomechanical measurements performed with an atomic force microscope (AFM) have shown that it is possible to distinguish cancer cells from normal cells. The results of these measurements could ...

Michael Wolff was at the "edge of a cliff" when he was diagnosed with a cancer that affects less than 300 patients a year in ...

In the late stages of cancer, cells break through normal tissue boundaries and metastasize (spread) to new sites in the body. How Do Cancer Cells Differ from Normal Cells? In normal cells ...

Dr. James Lim, associate professor of pediatrics at UBC’s faculty of medicine, observes pediatric cancer cells grown in a chicken egg under a microscope. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

In fact, many of the body’s mutated cells don’t die—they just stop dividing abnormally and behave like normal cells. “The most common way that mutated cells escape cancer is just by ...

Signet cell cancer is also called signet ring cell cancer. This is because under a microscope the cells look like signet rings. A cancer is called a signet cell cancer if the tumour is made up of at ...