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2017
Unlike healthy cells, cancer cells no longer obey the rules of the tissue around them.
They continue to grow, divide and migrate... even when everything should stop them.
This image captured by Dr. Cecil Fox shows tumor cells in culture, a model that enables researchers to study the deep-rooted mechanisms of this pathological autonomy.
Understanding molecular disorders, testing treatments capable of blocking their proliferation or invasion: every cell becomes a testing ground for countering the disease.
But behind the apparent disorganization, an order exists, dictated by mutations, deviated signalling pathways and DNA alterations.
This visual embodies a paradox: the beauty of a structure that escapes the norm, and in which every anomaly holds a key to better understanding... and better treating cancer.
