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Cancer-fighting gene plays unexpected role in pancreatic cancer tumor growth
New research from Indiana University School of Medicine scientists revealed that a well-known cancer-fighting gene also plays an unexpected role in regulating how certain immune cells can support tumor growth.
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Harikrishna Nakshatri, PhD
Marian J. Morrison Professor of Breast Cancer Research
Harikrishna Nakshatri is the Marian J. Morrison Professor of Breast Cancer Research at Indiana University School of Medicine and associate director of education at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. He studies the causes of and risk factors for breast cancer, as well as potential treatment avenues.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a top researcher in the field with more than 170 peer-reviewed publication contributions, Nakshatri can speak to the disease and what's being done to fight it.
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