Researchers make living model of brain tumor

Resource: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/02/16/researchers_make_living_model_of_brain_tumor.html Summary: Researchers have now been able to make a 3D model of a brain tumor."The 3-D glioma model that we have developed offers a facile process to test diffusion and penetration into a glioma that is covered by a blood vessel-like coating of endothelial cells," said Don Ho, a graduate student in the lab of chemistry professor Shouheng Sun and the lead author of the paper in the journal Theranostics. "This assay would save time and money, while reducing tests in living organisms, to examine an agent's 3-D characteristics such as the ability for targeting and diffusion." Impact: The impact this could have on the world is huge because since they can make a model of a tumor and get to know how it works and what it does better then they might be able to find ways that they could kill tumors which could help a lot of people. Critique: This was an interesting article, people should definitly read it, and hopefully these people can find ways to get rid of tumors more efficently then before.