In order to defeat your enemy, you would first need to know how the enemy functions, thinks, and works. Cancer, being a very prevalent disease these days that seem to strike just about every family, has undergone plenty of research, but it is still not deemed to be 100% curable for all stages. Hence, plenty of studying about the cancer needs to be done, and researchers have worked to construct organelles modeled on real organs within which cancer can proliferate to achieve the possibility of studying cancer on a deeper level. Scientists over at the Helmholtz Center in Munich, Germany have successfully grown “mini breasts” derived from individual human epithelial cells.
The use of collagen gels will be able to deliver the necessary foundation within, where the cells can then have the right condition to divide and grow. With the use of gels of various rigidities, scientists are now able to study the kinds of mammary gland tissues which tend to see cancer spread in an aggressive manner.
Other than that, the researchers too, are checking out just how normal stem cells will be able to function in various gel environments. This is essential, since cancer cells happen to take on similar properties such as healthy stem cells in order to spread. Hopefully such “mini boobs” will lead to a breakthrough in cancer treatment down the road. Definitely modern advancements in medical science have come so far, such as a brain implant that could help folks walk again, and we continue to look to further developments.