The spread of tumors and other growing tissues has revealed a whole new type of physics.
In new research, in the journal Nature Physics, scientists found that living cells transition from 2D sheets to 3D blobs by a previously unknown process called “active wetting.” And the physics of active wetting may be able to explain why and how cancers spread.
In new research, in the journal Nature Physics, scientists found that living cells transition from 2D sheets to 3D blobs by a previously unknown process called “active wetting.” And the physics of active wetting may be able to explain why and how cancers spread.