Cancer research

A soft robotic system that gently tugged on the esophagus of a pig proved to elongate the organ by 10 millimeters.

New mechanical cell-manipulation technique could provide pathways into fixing disorders — even cancer

Health

Could a study in which a pig’s esophagus was elongated using a soft robotic system for nine days really help lead to a cure for cancer? It’s actually not that much of a stretch.

Emilio Basilius of the Coral Reef Research Foundation holds up one of the hundreds of samples of marine organisms for the National Cancer Institute in the US.

Which Indo-Pacific island’s waters are host to potentially cancer-fighting molecules?

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