(Source: University of Illinois System) Photo by L. Brian Stauffer U. of I. chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Brendan Harley, right, and postdoctoral researcher Sara Pedron found a way to adjust the malignancy of brain cancer cells in a newly developed polymer gel that mimics conditions in the brain. « Click photo to enlarge 7/23/2013 | Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor | 217-333-5802; diya@illinois.edu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Scientists have traditionally studied cancer cells in petri dishes, which have none of the properties of the brain tissues in...
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