Dr. Wong [Merck Fellow] is developing a new experimental platform for characterizing how cancer cells migrate in response to biochemical signals and 3D structural architectures. This approach may yield novel insights into how malignant cancer cells invade, which would aid the development of anti-metastatic therapies.

 

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Project Title: "Suppressing cancer cell invasion and plasticity in 3D microenvironments"

Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): Mehmet Toner, PhD, and Daniel Irimia, MD, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Biomedical Engineering