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A window into solid stresses within tumours

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Intravital microscopy reveals that the transmission of solid stresses within tumours depends on tumour size and on the tumour microenvironment.

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Fig. 1: Measurement of solid stresses from the cellular scale to the tissue scale, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Bashar Emon & M. Taher A. Saif

  2. Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    M. Taher A. Saif

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Emon, B., Saif, M.T.A. A window into solid stresses within tumours. Nat. Biomed. Eng 7, 1348–1349 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-023-01121-2

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