Trojan horse for tumor cells

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Can phagocytes act like a Trojan horse, transporting tumor cells within themselves and thereby causing metastases in cancer patients? PD Dr. Heiko Bruns at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has been accepted to the funding program 'Experiment! In search of bold research ideas' on the basis of this unusual question. He has received funding of 120,000 euros from the Volkswagen Foundation until the end of 20...