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Beta Cells are responsible for insulin secretion and control of plasma glucose levels. Within the pancreas, the beta cells are located in areas called the islets of Langerhans where they constitute the predominant type of cell.
JUN 03, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Immune checkpoint therapies targeting the CTLA-4 and PD-(L)1 pathways have been largely clinically disappointing for patients with prostate cancer. This can be attributed to the highly immun...
MAY 12, 2020 | 9:00 AM
NEW DATE: Date: May 12, 2020 Time: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT...
APR 23, 2020 | 10:30 AM
Our laboratory uses tools from pharmacology, genomics, and cell signaling to identify new precision anticancer therapeutic strategies. Under this broad heading, our work involves three key a...
APR 14, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: April 14, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Besides being Gibco Cell Culture Heroes, what do Vivek, Sandra, Daisy, Ameet and Kristine all have in common? They are all stuck at home fo...
MAR 27, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: March 27, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Osteoporosis causes a decrease in bone density, along with deterioration of the bone’s microarchitecture at a faster rate than normal...
MAR 11, 2020 | 10:30 AM
The accumulation of neurotoxic amyloid beta peptides and/or neurofibrillary tangle formation are key pathological hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases including but not limited to Alzheim...
JAN 30, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: January 30, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Recent advances in in vitro 3D cellular culture technologies, such as organoids, rapidly developed and established novel, more physiologi...
DEC 17, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: December 17, 2019TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Purpose: Liver x receptors (LXRs) are hypothesized to serve as a link between lipid metabolism and inflammation by prom...
NOV 19, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: November 19, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTMicroglial cells are the resident innate immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) and are responsible for regulating inflammatory activati...
SEP 10, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: September 10, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTNext generation sequencing of the immune repertoire allows detailed, sequence-specific insight into the immune system’s adaptive response...
MAY 23, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: May 23, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Although mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) chondrogenic differentiation has been thoroughly investigated...
APR 23, 2019 | 11:00 AM
DATE: April 23, 2019TIME: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT Cataract, a clouding of the ocular lens, is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Currently the only means of treatment i...
MAR 28, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Whole food plant-based diets and medical cannabis have shared and continues to share similar levels of scrutiny, doubt, and stigma by the traditional medical community. One reason for the med...
FEB 27, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Surgery is the first line of treatment for Stage III melanoma. Often adjuvant therapy is administered post-surgery, which can include weeks of radiation, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy,...
NOV 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The success of immune checkpoint blockade adds a new therapeutic category to the cancer therapy repertoire. Despite efforts made on cancer cell and immune cell interaction, how cancer cells i...
OCT 23, 2018 | 7:00 AM
DATE: October 23, 2018TIME: 7:00AM PDTHigh Throughput Screening for the European Lead Factory (ELF) has been performed at Pivot Park Screening Centre (PPSC). 72 HTS campaigns have...
OCT 11, 2018 | 9:00 AM
The oncogenic transcription factor c-MYC (MYC) is deregulated, and often overexpressed, in more than 50% of cancers. MYC deregulation is associated with poor prognosis and aggressive disease,...
OCT 10, 2018 | 6:00 AM
Understanding the immune repertoire is an important aspect of immuno-oncology research, which can be used to gather insights into the function and overall status of the immune system. We have...
