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Not in sync: single cells and genes show unanticipated response to estrogen

February 13, 2020 cancer cells, estrogen receptor, GREB1, imaging techniques, Integrated Microscopy Core, MYC, phenotypical heterogeneity, Research

When experimental findings are not compatible with the textbook view, scientists know they have quite a challenge in their hands. Dr. Fabio Stossi, Dr. Michael

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'Listening' to single cells may uncover cancer origins

March 20, 2017 Cancer, cancer cells, gene expression, MATQ-seq, pancreatic cancer, single cell analysis

Listening to a single voice in a crowd can be difficult. In a similar way, determining gene expression in single cells has posed quite a challenge.

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Opening a window into the world of tumors

February 8, 2017 Breast Cancer, cancer cells, Cancer Genome Atlas, computational analysis, epigenome, International Human Epigenome Consortium, transcriptome

A tumor behaves like a community in which cancerous and normal cells interact with each other. In some cases, these interactions result in tumor growth,

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Image of the Month: Human natural killer cells preparing to deliver a lethal strike to diseased cells

December 2, 2016 alpha-tubulin, cancer cells, Immunology, lytic vesicles, microtubules, NK cells, primary immunodeficiency disease, viral infections

This mosaic montage of still images of live natural killer (NK) cells from the human immune system shows the cells have a skeleton of microtubules