Micro-Patterned Cell Culture Platform Reveals Unknown Cancer Behavior

Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a micro-patterned cell culture platform to study the behavior of pancreatic cancer cells. The new cell culture substrate revealed previously unknown and clinically relevant pancreatic cell behaviors that could help researchers to develop new therapies.
“Cancer studies so far either use cell cultures in which cancer cells don’t necessarily behave naturally or tissue samples that don’t allow live observation,” said Yukiko Miyatake, a researcher involved in the study. “So, there is a big gap in our knowledge of how cancer cells actually behave.”