Of mice and women: How studying development gives us insights into cancer
Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco
(February 15, 2010 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM)
We have focused on the cell behaviors underlying mammary development and during breast cancer tumor progression. We have taken a combined imaging, cell biological, genetic and pharmacological approach to determine the tissue transformations underlying branching morphogenesis and neoplastic progression, then to dissect the molecular regulation of these cell behaviors and interactions.
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