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Salamanca Cancer Center Creates a 'Mini-Colon' Capable of Initiating Tumors in Vitro

The scientist of the University of Salamanca at the Cancer Research Center (CIC) of Salamanca (CSIC-USAL-FICUS) Francisco Lorenzo-Martín has established a detailed experimental protocol that details for the first time how to generate, step by step, an advanced model of ‘mini-colon’ capable of initiating tumors in vitro. This milestone, published in Nature Protocols, succeeds in turning a sophisticated bioengineering system into a more accessible…
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This milestone, published in Nature Protocols, succeeds in turning a sophisticated bioengineering system into a more accessible resource for laboratories around the world in a clear example of open science. These results stem from a new model of colon cancer research that Dr. Lorenzo developed in his postdoctoral stage at EPFL in Switzerland. In essence, the method combines techniques of bioengineering, tissue culture and light-controlled geneti…

The scientist of the University of Salamanca at the Cancer Research Center (CIC) of Salamanca (CSIC-USAL-FICUS) Francisco Lorenzo-Martín has established a detailed experimental protocol that details for the first time how to generate, step by step, an advanced model of ‘mini-colon’ capable of initiating tumors in vitro. This milestone, published in Nature Protocols, succeeds in turning a sophisticated bioengineering system into a more accessible…

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