Women who like to have their breasts squeezed will now possibly gain a health benefit, according to new research released last week. According to researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, putting mechanical force on malignant brȩ̂ast cells can 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 environmental inputs in the early stages of growth and development," Daniel Fletcher, a professor of bioengineering at Berkeley, a faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab and principal investigator of the study said.
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