Researcher develops realistic cancer growth models

Scientists can only develop **new cancer drugs** or search for cures by testing their theories on the real thing. Traditionally, they've done so by culturing **cancer cells** on petri dishes or plastic slides. But those cancer cells do not behave the way they do in the body. They only partially re-create the aggressive behavior of tumors in real patients. That is the problem that drives Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, Cornell assistant professor of biomedical engineering, whose lab creates realistic experimental tumor models, which may then lead to better drug therapies or even a cure.

---