Research from Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cell Biology provide new insights into cancer.

A report, 'Cellular mechanisms regulating epithelial morphogenesis and cancer invasion,' is newly published data in Current Opinion In Cell Biology. According to recent research from the United States, "The cellular mechanisms driving mammalian epithelial morphogenesis are of significant fundamental and practical interest. Historically, these processes have been difficult to study directly, owing to the opacity and relative inaccessibility of mammalian tissues."

"Recent experimental advances in timelapse imaging and in 3D organotypic culture have enabled direct observation of epithelial morphogenesis. In the mammary gland, branching morphogenesis is observed to proceed through …