Hum Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Women suffering from breast cancer may benefit from giving their breasts an extra squeeze ? literally. According to researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, placing mechanical force on malignant mammary cells can actually reverse their irregular growth process and put them back on track for a normal growth pattern. ?We are showing that tissue organization is sensitive to mechanical inputs from the environment at the beginning stages of growth and development,? said Daniel Fletcher, professor of bioengineering at Berkeley and faculty scientist at the Berkeley Lab, as well as the study?s lead investigator. Breast tissue grows, shrinks and shifts throughout the course of a woman?s life in a structured pattern ? and ultimately stops growing at some point. Breast cancer is often characterized by a breakdown in this normal growth pattern, causing breast cancer cells to grow irregularly. Through a previous experiment at the Berkeley Lab, researchers showed it was possible to prevent these malignant cells from transforming into a tumor by manipulating the cells? surrounding environment through the use of biochemical inhibitors. Ultimately the surrounding healthy cells could persuade the cancerous cells to grow normally again. The most recent work from the Berkeley Lab utilizes the same concept, but introduces mechanical inhibitors rather than chemical inhibitors. The researchers grew malignant breast epithelial cells in a gelatin-like substance, which was injected into flexible silicon chambers. They then applied force to the silicon over time, and ultimately witnessed the malignant cells grow into more healthy-looking cells. Time-lapse microscopy showed the change in the compressed breast cells over time. more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Blue Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 That's what I told the girl next to me on the bus. She wouldn't let me. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Mmm more excuses to squeeze boobies :p Thank you science haha Hum, Glassed Silver, Calum and 4 others 7 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKay Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I for one volunteer my services. (No fat chicks) hckngrtfakt, f0rk_b0mb, HoochieMamma and 4 others 7 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Sexual harassment? Lady, I'm trying to save your life, thank you very much. hckngrtfakt, Charisma, +Raze and 10 others 13 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Mmmm, booobies Glassed Silver, f0rk_b0mb, SinghKing and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 19, 2012 Member Share Posted December 19, 2012 I love science. :) +Raze, Matthew_Thepc, Glassed Silver and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 That's what I tell my wife every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 I love science. :) You'd better do more experiments. :laugh: +Raze 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Mmmm, booobies (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCheck Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I will offer free oral mammagram exams for every 5 breast squeezes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Sexual harassment? Lady, I'm trying to save your life, thank you very much. People will sue you for doing CPR on them, what makes you think courteous boob squeezing is any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Olive Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 People will sue you for doing CPR on them, what makes you think courteous boob squeezing is any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 you broke it. but my boobs are good to go *RedBull* 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 you broke it. but my boobs are good to go Meet at Golden Corral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Meet at Golden Corral? Appleboobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Appleboobs Too far from where I live. How about Booby Tuesday? Charisma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charisma Veteran Posted December 19, 2012 Veteran Share Posted December 19, 2012 Too far from where I live. How about Booby Tuesday? Hooters, obviously. :p 123456789A, Calum and *RedBull* 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoko Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Onlooker: Thank God you know CPR! Quagmire: What the hell is CPR? :laugh: Calum, remixedcat, oliver182 and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Too far from where I live. How about Booby Tuesday? Nah how bout five boobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 you broke it. but my boobs are good to go what man must do just to squeeze some boobs.. i mean, i wonder how those investigators come up with that! - main investigator: hey let's invent an excuse to squeeze some boobies, pretending that it may save lives, backed with science! - the rest of them: oh yeah! remixedcat and Charisma 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 19, 2012 Member Share Posted December 19, 2012 ^ It works though (sometimes). :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Fairly sure they've proven this before... And i'm still okay with doing this. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Must be science's compensation for this sh*t news: Viewing pornography online reduces short term memory you broke it. but my boobs are good to go I'll take you up on that when I'm in the US next time! :laugh: Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Damn I am very skilled at breast massages. Good thing ladies I can give you great pleasure and save your life. :D it's win + win + win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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