The laboratory of Dr. Celina Kleer, Harold A. Oberman Collegiate Professor, isolated human mesenchymal stem cells from breast cancer metastasis. The lab discovered that a collagen receptor tyrosine kinase, DDR2, mediates stromal-cancer communication and induces breast cancer metastasis. The study provides the basis for the development of DDR2 inhibitors. The article appeared in Cell Reports and can be found at www.cell.com.
Date
February 14, 2017
Time
9:00 – 10:00
Location
Medical Sciences Building 1
Room 5330
Refreshments will be served beginning at 08:30
...
If you have cancer, the treatment plan probably started with a pathologist’s review of your biopsy