Research Faculty

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Investigation of Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Cancers of Different Organs with a Focus on Lung and Gynecologic Neoplasm

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Colon and Rectal Cancer Outcomes and Analysis Program

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Development and Implementation of Technology-based Behavioral Interventions Optimized to Support Patient Self-management of Disease

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Genetic Control of Developmental Timing in C. elegans

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Biomarkers of the Modifiable Component of Breast Cancer Risk

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Genetics in Pheochromocytoma

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Engineering Immunomodulatory Nanomaterials Technologies for Reprogramming Tumor Microenvironment Immunity

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Role of LIM Domain-associated Cofactors in Cancer

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Autophagy in Cell Health and Death

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Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine

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Data Coordinating Centers for Oncology Programs

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Cell Cycle Regulation

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Role of Apoptotic Signaling in Cancer

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Cancer Imaging, Image-Guided Interventions and Treatment Planning

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Imaging of Cancer-Specific Surface Molecules in Tumors In Vivo

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Investigating Drug Resistance in Oncogenes Using Protein Fitness Landscapes

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Cancer Prevention and Improving Cancer Psychosocial Outcomes

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Regulation of Human T Cell Function and Homeostasis

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Using Gene Editing to Model and Target Huntington’s Disease and Other Human Disease

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Translational Research in Neuro-oncology

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Defining Replication Stress and Therapy Response Outcomes Regulated by the Fanconi Anemia/BRCA Pathway

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Cancer Epidemiology - Cancer Health Disparities

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Hematopoietic Differentiation and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Melanoma Progression and Therapy

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Translational and Clinical Research in Leukemia

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Sequence-Structure-Function-Disease Relationship of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Cancer

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Information Technologies, Including Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, to Support Cancer Prevention and Care of Cancer Patients

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Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Pathology

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Communication and Decision-making in Support of Cancer Screening and Prevention

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Progression from Diabetes & Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis to Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Stress Signaling and Cancer

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Mechanisms of Chromosome Folding

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Molecular Pathogenesis of Melanoma

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Breast Surgery Quality

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Qualitative Research - Nicotine Cessation

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Impact of Lung Cancer Screening Program and Factors Associated with Diagnosis of Stages I and II Lung Cancer

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Macromolecular Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics

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Cancer Epidemiology

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Increasing Physical Activity in Cancer Survivorship

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Mechanisms of Gene Regulation in Development and Disease

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Structural Basis of Diagnostic Nuclear Morphologic Changes in Cancer

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Leveraging Nucleic Acid Sensing Pathways for Cancer Immunotherapy

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The Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) and Radiation Biology of Tumor Resistance to Therapy and Normal Tissue Injury

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Epigenetics and Chromatin Topology in Cancer

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Bacterial Therapies for Cancer Treatment

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Adeno-associated Virus: Biology, Vectorology, and Applications for In Vivo Gene Therapy

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Transcriptional Regulation of Innate Immunity

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Comparative Oncology Research Laboratory

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Translational Research in Leukemia

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Mechanisms of Carcinoma Initiation and Differentiation

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Image Guided Surgery

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Discovery of Therapeutically Targetable Pathways in Cancer

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Humanized Mice as Preclinical Models of Human Cancer

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Nutrient Sensing and Metabolic Signaling

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Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Therapy

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Etiology and Prevention of Breast Cancer

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Structure and Drug Development for Caspases

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Using Vitiligo Pathogenesis to Develop Novel Insights into Better Approaches for Melanoma Immunotherapy

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Mitochondrial UPR Regulation of Metabolism, Physiology and Pathology

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Using Basic and Translational Research Tools to Identify Oncogenetic Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Therapies for Sarcoma

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Improving and Developing Cytogenomic Assays for Oncology

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Defining How Innate Immune Shapes the Tumor Microenvironment

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Technology and Biomarker Discovery for Early Cancer Detection

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Mammalian SWI/SNF Enzymes as Drivers of Cancer

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Implementation of Shared Decision Making of Lung Cancer Screening Using Health Informatics

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Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Risk and Resistance

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Using Comparative Genomics and Pet Dogs to Develop New Models for Human Cancers

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Chromatin Proteins That Regulate Genome Stability

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Structural Studies of DNA Replication and Repair Proteins Involved in Cancer

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Mouse Models of T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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Targeted Oligonucleotide Delivery to Tumors

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Cancer Metabolism and Metabolic Toxicity

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Immunoengineering: Interfacing Engineering with Immunology

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High-Risk Breast Cancer Surgery

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Structural Mechanisms for Trafficking Regulation by GTPases and Phosphoinositides

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Breast Surgery Quality and Outcomes

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Epigenetics and Cancer

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Trabecular Bone Marrow Tissue Engineering

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Cancer Systems Pharmacology

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UMass Chan Prevention Research Center

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Elucidating Mechanisms of Tumor Initiation and Progression

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Molecular Basis of Leukemogenesis and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

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Pre-habilitation and Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer

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Transform Complex and Heterogeneous Data into Actionable Insights in Cancer

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Nutrition and Cancer Prevention

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Comparative and Translational Oncology

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Understanding the Basis of Aberrant Gene Regulation in Human Disease

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Developmental Signaling Pathways in Cancers

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Communication Across the Cancer Care Continuum

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Colloidal Delivery Systems for Bioactives

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Regulation of Hippo Signaling

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Microbial-Based Cancer Therapy

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C. elegans as a Model System

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Development of Novel Drug Delivery System to Modulate Immune Functions for Cancer Treatment 

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Cell Biology of Aggressive Carcinomas: Mechanisms and Therapy

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Based Cancer Immunotherapy

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Improving and Developing Cytogenomic Assays for Oncology

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Tumor-Microbiome Interactions and Their Effects on Disease Progression and Treatment Success

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Clinical and Translational Research in Genitourinary Oncology

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Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma and Other Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Cancers

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Musculoskeletal Tumor Research (AVATAR Study Clinical Collaborator)

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Setting of Liver Fibrosis

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Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms that Control Vesicle Membrane Trafficking

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Molecular Pathophysiology of Disorders of Neutrophil Number and Function

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Cancer Related Behaviors of Tobacco Use, Alcohol, Eating Patterns and Low Physical Activity and Strategies for Clinicians

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Signaling Pathways and T Cell Activation

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Mab-Complement-Glucan-Mediated Activation of the Innate Immune System to Attack Tumor Cells

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The Efficiency of mRNA Splicing Regulation in Cancer

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Clinico-genomic Profiling and Clonal Dynamic Modeling of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Assembly Mechanisms and Function of Eukaryotic Cilia

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Development of Preventive Health Interventions Integrated into Clinical and Community Practice

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Chromatin Dynamics and Transcriptional Homeostasis

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Soft Materials, Cancer Biology, and Cell Motility

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Tumor Cell Plasticity

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T-cell Differentiation and Development of Immunotherapies

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Multiple Myeloma Clinical Research

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Environmental Determinants of Women’s Health

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Yeast Cell Cycle Regulation

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Examining Lymphocytes as Both Tumors and Immunotherapies

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Immune Recognition and Control of Cancer

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Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics

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Structural Analysis of Clinically Important Proteins

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Harnessing Intrinsic Tumor Suppressor Pathways to Restore Anti-Tumor Immunity

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Development of Persuasive Digital Technology (eHealth and mHealth) to Help Patients and Clinicians Better Work Together Toward Improving Health and Well-being

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The Psychosocial Impact of Cancer on Patients and Their Family Caregivers

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Gene Therapy for Neurological Diseases and Brain Tumors

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Biobehavioral Science in Survivorship Care through Community-engaged/Participatory Research Approach

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Computational Oncology

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Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Progression

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Biochemical Characterization of the mTORC1 Pathway

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Molecular Pathways of Cancer Malignancy

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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Nanoparticle Engineering for Cancer Drug Development and Targeted Delivery

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Probing Diseases with Small Molecules

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Erythroid Biology and its Dysregulation in Cancer

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Metabolic Flexibility in the Tumor Microenvironment

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Non-ionizing Energy-Mediated Cancer Therapy

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Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Health Communication

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Cancer Epidemiology in Women

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Inflammatory Cell Death Pathways in Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Leukemia

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Delivery of Drugs, Protein/Antibody, and DNA/RNA

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Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

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Studies of the Physiological Consequences of Aneuploidy

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Immune Microenvironment in Cancer

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Nucleoli Associated Domains in Cancer Development

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Worms and Bugs: A Model for Cancer and Chemotherapeutic Drug Response

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Multi-modality Treatment of Lung and Head and Neck Cancers

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Alcohol and Tobacco Cessation Interventions in Cancer Survivors

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Cancer Chromosome Genetics

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Platform Technology for Oligonucleotide Therapeutics

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Manipulating Tumor Micro-environment by Intratumoral Injection for Long-term Therapeutic Effect

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Morphologic and Molecular Characterization of Hematologic Malignancies

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Therapeutic Genome Editing Systems

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Epigenetic Regulation of Tumor Metastasis, Cancer Metabolism, Drug Resistance and Cancer Stem Cells in Neuroblastoma

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Diet-based Strategies for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

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CRISPR-based Liver Cancer Modeling and Gene Therapy

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Investigation of Biomarkers and Prognostic Indicators for Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Cancers

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Investigation of Biomarkers and Prognostic Indicators for Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Cancers

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Understanding the Role of Argonaute Proteins in Regulating Gene Expression

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Autophagy in Tumorigenesis

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Cellular Senescence in Tumorigenesis and Aging

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Algorithm Development for Analyzing Multi-omics and Clinical Data to Unravel Noncoding RNAs and RNA Modifications in Cancer for Diagnosis and Therapy

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Developing Novel Tools for Mining and Integrating High-Throughput Datasets to Investigate Gene Regulation in Cancer

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Gynecologic Oncology Research