What Makes Cancer Come Back? Isolating and Characterizing Cancer Stem Cells

National expert in stem cell biology Dennis Roop, PhD will speak at the Given Institute on March 23^rd in a return engagement.

Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) can be described as the "generals" in a war; they hang back and build the armies.  Just a single surviving cancer stem cell risks recurrence and until researchers can identify what promotes the survival of these powerful cells, a cure for solid tumors cannot be found.  For more information, click here.

• Date:
  03/23/2010 - 03/23/2010
• Time:
  5:30 - 7 p.m.
• Location:
  Given Institute
• Phone:
  (970) 925-1057
• Admission:
  Free