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Weekly reads: oncodevelopmental factors, iPSC cancer vaccine, more

One of my main research interests is in oncodevelopmental factors. These include factors that are important both for normal stem cell biology and development as well as driving cancer when misregulated. One example includes the MYC family of proto-oncogenes. When I was a postdoc I got especially interested in trying to understand the normal role of MYCN in brain development. …
stem cell vaccine paper ouyang et al

The Niche stem cell picture contest winners: gut & astrocytes

stem cell picture contest
I got some great entries for our The Niche stem cell picture contest. While I expected many bright colorful images, every year some of the pictures surprise me in certain ways. There was another surprise in that two entrants in the contest, both Assistant Professors, are sisters. A talented family! You can see the previous stem cell picture contest winner. …