AI-powered imaging tracks thousands of brain cancer cells moving through living tissue

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Researchers at Uppsala University have combined live brain-tissue imaging with artificial intelligence to track how glioblastoma cells move and spread. The method also shows how cells change their movement patterns and respond to cancer treatments, potentially informing future therapies.

By combining live imaging of brain tissue with artificial intelligence, researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method that reveals how individual glioblastoma cells spread through the brain, how they can switch between different ways of moving and how they are affected by cancer treatments. An increased understanding of tumor cell invasion might in the long term contribute to more effective therapies.