Melanoma
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that is created by melanocyctes that have mutated. Melanocytes are pigment cells that are found on the skin. However, melanoma can occur in the intestines and eyes in more rare cases. Melanoma is a common form of cancer and considered the most dangerous form, there a more than 200,000 cases per year. Treatment can include: radiation, surgery, medication, or chemotherapy.
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JUL 09, 2019Cancer
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Julia Travers
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Drug Discovery
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Nouran Amin
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The large, complex molecules known as proteins perform many crucial functions in the human body. By carrying out diverse kinds of work in our cells, they k...
Written By:
Julia Travers
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DATE: July 23, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDTThe tumor microenvironment is a complex network of different cell types and states that imparts distinct properties to the tumor and plays a signif...
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Doug Hinerfeld, PhD
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Chris Merritt, PhD
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Anushka Dikshit, Ph.D
Sponsored By: Advanced Cell Diagnostics
JUN 25, 2019
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JUN 25, 2019
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DATE: June 25, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT, 5:00pm CEST Viscous liquids are a challenge in every lab that deals with them. Depending on how viscous a liquid is, pipettin...
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Sponsored By: Eppendorf
JUN 19, 2019
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JUN 19, 2019
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Ravindra Kolhe, MD, PhD
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Joanna Przybyl, PhD
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific - Applied Biosystems
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DEC 12, 2018
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Paul Sondel, MD, PhD
Presented At:Cancer Research & Oncology 2018
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In this presentation I will describe results from a family study designed to identify the genetic cause for familial clustering of several early onset cancers. Data from next generatio...
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Presented At:Genetics and Genomics 2018
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The field of melanoma has been transformed by the parallel development of effective immune and targeted therapies. There is now strong evidence of cross-talk between oncogenic signaling...
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Michael Davies, MD, PhD
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Presented At:Drug Discovery 2018
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We recently reported that HDAC6 is involved in the regulation of a number of immunosuppressive checkpoint proteins, including the Program Death Receptor Ligand 1 (PD-L1). This protein is one...
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Presented At:Drug Discovery 2018
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DATE: January 25, 2018TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST, 6:00pm GMTOncolytic virotherapy, the use of viral vectors to treat cancer, holds huge promise. Viruses are natural DNA delivery vehi...
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Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco
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