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Berman lab finds powerful cells responsible for bladder cancer spread

Aug. 6, 2009 - Johns Hopkins scientists have tracked down a powerful set of cells in bladder tumors that seem to be primarily responsible for the cancer’s growth and spread using a technique that takes advantage of similarities between tumor and organ growth. The findings, reported in the July Stem Cells, could help scientists develop new ways of finding and attacking similar cells in other types of cancer. Read the press release here.

DAVID BERMAN INTERVIEW AVAILABLE

David tells reporter Elizabeth Tracey what embryonic development and cancer have in common.

Listen to the MP3 here

PROSTATE CANCER GENES BEHAVE LIKE THOSE IN EMBRYO

In a study published in the journal Oncogene, the Berman Lab used new gene-profiling technology to compare normal prostate development in mice to the development and spread of prostate cancer in humans.

Read the press release here.


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