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Dr. William Lowry (left) and Carlos Galván (right) pictured in Lowry's UCLA lab.
Heather Christofk and Brian Shuch shown in side-by-side photographs.
From left to right: Dr. Heather Christofk, Dr. Kathrin Plath and Dr. Aparna Bhaduri
Image shows squamous cell skin cancer tumors with lactate production (a byproduct of glucose consumption) in purple. The tumor with lactate production blocked (left) grew at the same rate as the tumor with normal lactate production (right).
Untreated mouse skin showing no hair growth (left) compared to mouse skin treated with the drug UK5099 (right) showing hair growth.
Colorful staining indicates higher levels of a key sugar metabolism regulator in naïve (bottom row) versus primed (top row) human embryonic stem cells.