Identifying and Validating Cellular Targets of Cancer using Somatic Stem Cells
Prithi Rajan, Adjunct Faculty- Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute
This talk will discuss a
couple of ideas where novel targets related to cancer, specifically gliomas,
are studied using somatic stem cells along with other primary cultures.
Neural and mesenchymal stem cells are used as experimental paradigms to
explore alternative activation of the Stat signalling pathway, and potential
interactions between cells within the tumor vis-à-vis immune reactions.
The use of stem cell technology to study the cancer and stem cell states will
also be discussed.
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