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Leia Nghiemphu, the study’s co-author, and Dr. Frank Pajonk, the senior author.
Hsian-Rong “HR” Tseng and Dr. Vatche Agopian Headshots
Headshot of Owen Witte in a black suit
Normal airway tissue, left, and lung cancer tissue, right, with an overabundance of basal stem cells (green). The activated form of beta-catenin (red) in the lung cancer can be targeted by the Wnt Inhibitor Compound 1.
Before and after: The tumor pictured on the left has metabolized a high amount of glucose, the sugar it needs to grow. The same tumor is shown on the right after it has been treated with a molecule that prevents it from consuming glucose.
Lili Yang (center) with first authors Xiaoya Ma (left) and Stefano Di Biase
Dr. Sarah Larson (left) and Yvonne Chen
Photograph of John Chute, MD in the lab