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  • Chemical array draws out malignant cells to guide individualized cancer treatment

    May 26, 2017 10:00 am by Liz TouchstoneResearch
    A chemical array screens for malignant melanoma cell types. Each dot contains a different combination of protein segments derived from the tumor environment. Image courtesy of Kristopher Kilian

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    • A chemical array screens for malignant melanoma cell types. Each dot contains a different combination of protein segments derived from the tumor environment. Image courtesy of Kristopher Kilian

    Professor Kristopher Kilian led a research team that developed a chemical array to culture metastatic cancer cells so that different treatments can be tested on them.