Next-generation cancer organoids

BL LeSavage, RA Suhar, N Broguiere, MP Lutolf… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Organotypic models of patient-specific tumours are revolutionizing our understanding of
cancer heterogeneity and its implications for personalized medicine. These advancements …

Mechanisms of 3D cell migration

KM Yamada, M Sixt - Nature Reviews molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Cell migration is essential for physiological processes as diverse as development, immune
defence and wound healing. It is also a hallmark of cancer malignancy. Thousands of …

Direct imaging of single-molecule electrochemical reactions in solution

J Dong, Y Lu, Y Xu, F Chen, J Yang, Y Chen, J Feng - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical reactions tend to be conceptualized in terms of individual molecules transforming
into products, but are usually observed in experiments that probe the average behaviour of …

Engineered matrices reveal stiffness-mediated chemoresistance in patient-derived pancreatic cancer organoids

BL LeSavage, D Zhang, C Huerta-López, AE Gilchrist… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by its fibrotic and stiff
extracellular matrix. However, how the altered cell/extracellular-matrix signalling contributes …

Programmed and self-organized flow of information during morphogenesis

C Collinet, T Lecuit - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
How the shape of embryos and organs emerges during development is a fundamental
question that has fascinated scientists for centuries. Tissue dynamics arise from a small set …

Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G **… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …