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What Does A Cancer Cell Look Like?

Fig. 1 by University of California
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#Cells are tiny, but what they can reveal about our #health is profound. UCLA's Amy Rowat is investigating the texture and squishiness of cells in our body, which can have a huge impact on treatments for #cancer and genetic disorders. She explains the mechanics of a cell and describes the teeny, tiny instruments she's created to study them. FEATURING: Amy Rowat, Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology. The research highlighted in this video has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation (CAREER DBI-1254185), the Hellman Foundation, the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the Broad Stem Cell Research Center, the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, the UCLA Office of Instructional Development, a UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, and the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute. #cancer #ucla #cells #fig1 ---------------------------------------­­­­­­------------------------- Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY Fig. 1 explores new ideas and research out of the University of California — ranging from science, technology, art and humanities. Get inside the mind of a researcher. Find more research at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ ...more
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What Does A Cancer Cell Look Like?
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2014Apr 29
#Cells are tiny, but what they can reveal about our #health is profound. UCLA's Amy Rowat is investigating the texture and squishiness of cells in our body, which can have a huge impact on treatments for #cancer and genetic disorders. She explains the mechanics of a cell and describes the teeny, tiny instruments she's created to study them. FEATURING: Amy Rowat, Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology. The research highlighted in this video has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation (CAREER DBI-1254185), the Hellman Foundation, the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the Broad Stem Cell Research Center, the University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee, the UCLA Office of Instructional Development, a UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, and the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute. #cancer #ucla #cells #fig1 ---------------------------------------­­­­­­------------------------- Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY Fig. 1 explores new ideas and research out of the University of California — ranging from science, technology, art and humanities. Get inside the mind of a researcher. Find more research at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/

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Fig. 1 by University of California

52.7K subscribers