Tumor cells fuse with immune cells and become more aggressive

The hybrid cells, readily detected in cancer patients’ blood, gain new powers to mobilize and form new tumors

By Joe Rojas-Burke September 12, 2018 Portland, Oregon

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Series of images showing a cancer cell and macrophage fusing and then undergoing mitosis. (OHSU)

Melissa Wong, Ph.D. (2018)

Melissa Wong, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair of the Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Melissa Wong, Ph.D.

Melissa Wong, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair of the Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Cancer cell fusing with macrophage

Video showing a cancer cell and macrophage fusing and then undergoing mitosis.(OHSU)