Princeton researchers discover previously unknown organelle that plays role in bone metastasis – News-Medical.net

Some of Princeton’s leading cancer researchers were startled to discover that what they thought was a straightforward investigation into how cancer spreads through the body — metastasis — turned up evidence of liquid-liquid phase separations: the new field of biology research that investigates how liquid blobs of living materials merge into each other, similar to the movements seen in a lava lamp or in liquid mercury.
We believe this is the first time that phase separation has been implicated…

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