Alexander Nikitin, MD, PhDCornell University Role of miR-34 in ovarian cancer MicroRNAs are a recently discovered class of genes, important for regulation of critical proteins in the cell. We have identified a family of p53-regulated microRNAs (p53 is a protein central to many of the cell’s anti-cancer mechanisms) that are found at reduced levels in […]
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Alexander Nikitin, MD, PhDCornell University Role of Stem Cells in Ovarian Cancer Understanding of epithelial ovarian cancer development is critical for designing effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. During recent years it has become increasingly clear that cancers may arise from stem and progenitor cells. However, the location of the stem cell compartment of the ovarian […]
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