Shape Shifting Cancer Cells (IMAGE)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Shape Shifting Cancer Cells

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Dormant lung cancer cells change their shape from spindle shaped (above) to round (below), which helps protect them from the body's immune defenders. 

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Wang, Z., et al., Nature Cancer (CC BY 4.0)

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