# Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Mina Bissell
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mina_bissell_experiments_that_point_to_a_new_understanding_of_cancer)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For decades, researcher Mina Bissell pursued a revolutionary idea -- that a cancer cell doesn't automatically become a tumor, but rather, depends on surrounding cells (its microenvironment) for cues on how to develop. She shares the two key experiments that proved the prevailing wisdom about cancer growth was wrong.

## Lectures

1. [Experiments that point to a new understanding of cancer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mina_bissell_experiments_that_point_to_a_new_understanding_of_cancer/6f1cad939ef2), 16 min (TED's player)