New research in Germany shows that changes to the mechanical properties of cells can cause a brain tumour to become malignant. Josef Käs of the University of Leipzig and Ingolf Sack of the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin and colleagues have shown that a brain tumour is a unique material and its spread is driven by physics as well as biomechanics. Using research conducted on tumours in living patients, they suggest that small changes to the elasticity of cells produce collective effects that impact the prognosis of a tumour…
You can find the press release on https://physicsworld.com/a/brain-tumours-spread-by-exploiting-fundamental-physics/