Epithelial Biology Center (EBC)

Epithelial Biology Center Hosts Inaugural Symposium

BY: BILL SNYDER

In addition to several Vanderbilt researchers, speakers included Joan Brugge, Ph.D., chair of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, and James Nelson, Ph.D., professor of Biology at Stanford University.

Epithelial cells make up the protective lining of internal organs, but epithelial tissues are also the source of more than 90 percent of all cancers, said Susan Wente, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for Research, in introducing the symposium.                       

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