Iain McNeish, MD, PhD, FRCPUniversity of Glasgow Improved models of high grade serous ovarian cancer To understand how cancers grow and spread within patients, it is essential that researchers have realistic and simple animal models that accurately recreate the mutations seen in the DNA of human cancers. Dr. McNeish will use a new technique, called […]
Read MoreGeeta Mehta, PhDUniversity of Michigan Shear stress modulates invasiveness, tumorigenicity, and immune responses in ovarian stem cells The ovarian cancer environment in the abdominal cavity is quite complex, as cancer cells exist among cancer progenitor cells and immune cells in the ascites fluid. The physical stress from fluid movement and interactions with other cells likely […]
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