Receiving a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can be an overwhelming experience, but it is important to remember that you are not alone. SCC is one of the most common forms of skin cancer ...

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Neuroblastoma cancer cells before (left) and after (right) chemotherapy. The black threads are the cell's internal scaffolding, which breaks apart during treatment. This damage should kill the cell, ...

Cancer cells that have broken away from a primary tumor can lurk in the body for years in a dormant state, evading immune ...

(a) A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the nanoneedle probe used for the measurements. (b) Elasticity map of a 1 µm × 1 µm area on the nuclear surface, showing the change in elasticity ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in ACS Applied Nano Materials a new method to precisely measure nuclear elasticity—the stiffness or softness ...