Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Caught on Video: Cancer Cells in Act of Cannibalism

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Based on the NIH health information topics you requested to receive information about, we thought you'd be interested in this story from the NIH Director's Blog.

Cannibalizing Cancer Cell

Caught on Video: Cancer Cells in Act of Cannibalism

Posted on  by Dr. Francis Collins

Tumors rely on a variety of tricks to grow, spread, and resist our best attempts to destroy them. Now comes word of yet another of cancer's surprising stunts: when chemotherapy treatment hits hard, some cancer cells survive by cannibalizing other cancer cells.

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