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Microfluidic assessment of metastatic potential

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A microfluidic assay that quantifies the abundance and degree of proliferation of migratory cells predicts the metastatic potential of breast-cancer cell lines and patient-derived cells.

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Fig. 1: Microfluidic assay for the prediction of the metastatic potential of breast-cancer cells.

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Wan, Z., Kamm, R.D. Microfluidic assessment of metastatic potential. Nat Biomed Eng 3, 423–424 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0412-5

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