Taconic Biosciences' Dr. Paul Volden was interviewed for this article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News regarding tumor microenvironment (TME) research through next-generation humanized models:
"Tumorigenesis is to healthy tissue what xenoforming, or hostile terraforming, is to the planet. Both tumorigenesis and xenoforming are processes that alter the environment so that it may become less hospitable to its usual inhabitants, and more welcoming to that which is alien.
But while xenoforming is just science fiction--the inspiration for "alien kudzu," "meat moss," and other horrors--tumorigenesis is all too real."
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But while xenoforming is just science fiction--the inspiration for "alien kudzu," "meat moss," and other horrors--tumorigenesis is all too real."