Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Morgan Delarue explains his research into the effects of mechanical compression (pressure) on the behavior of cells! This research is important to understand cancer because cancer cells grow a lot in a confined space and so build up pressure. Morgan is a postdoc in Liam Holt's lab at NYU.

Drawn and narrated by Morgan Delarue.
Created by Morgan Delarue, Liam Holt, and Lisa Dennison.