Abstract Welcome to the New Year and a new issue of the Biomedical Journal, where we
learn that travelling with company boosts the metastatic potential of circulating tumour cells …

Molecular Medicine choosing a location for research, whether you prefer staying in your
current place (I always try to imagine what my research life and my personality would be if I …

In 2020, around one of six deaths was attributed to cancer-related diseases, making cancer
as one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide 1. Cancer is a complex multifaceted …

Travel is an integral part of a career as a life scientist—in fact, you can't become a scientist
without travelling. In the early stages it's quite natural to have serious doubts about whether …

Cancer is a daunting disease where abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and acquire the
ability to spread beyond its site of origin, infiltrating and destroying distant body tissues and …

The metastatic spread of carcinoma cells is not fully understood. Here, we compare the
peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and intraocular metastatic cells in parotid gland …

The “gifts” passed down to us by our ancestors are sometimes more, sometimes less
flattering-mom's skeptical spirit, dad's sense of duty, but then also: granddad's unfavorably …

Despite the huge efforts in identifying novel risk factors, earlier diagnostic markers and
alternative therapeutic approaches, malignant disorders continue to pose the second …

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Life was quite ordinary until June 2018. As I started my third year of engineering studies, I
noticed a gradual drooping of my eyelids. Initially attributing it to only fatigue, I shared my …