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Spring 2020
To ensure faithful cell division, entry into mitosis must be inhibited in cells with damage or under-replicated DNA. Wee1 and Myt1 are two partially redundant kinases that inhibit mitotic entry through the phosphorylation of the Cdk1/cyclin B complex. Cdk1 is an essential mitotic kinase that...
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Fall 2021
Breast cancer is the most common cancer amongst women in Canada. The current treatment regime for early stage breast cancers is breast-conserving surgery with radiation therapy. However, 10-20% of patients develop local recurrence, and some exhibit metastatic spread, which is associated with a...
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Fall 2010
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death among Canadian women. Despite improvements in treatment and early detection, there is still a need to develop novel therapies for breast cancer management. Aberrant Notch signaling is tumorigenic and is...
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MOLECULAR AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF DISTINCT BREAST CANCER CELL SUBPOPULATIONS PURIFIED USING A SOX2 REGULATORY REGION 2 TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVITY REPORTER
DownloadFall 2015
Sex-determining Region Y-box 2 (Sox2) is a transcription factor integral to the maintenance of pluripotency in embryonic stem cells. In recent years, Sox2 expression has been detected and implicated in the pathogenesis of breast and other cancers. Clinically, Sox2 expression has been associated...
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Fall 2019
Within a tumour, only a subset of cells are able to initiate neoplasms when transplanted or following localization to different organs. These tumour-initiating cells, often called cancer stem cells (CSCs) due to their high cellular plasticity, were found to exhibit particular resistance to...
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Fall 2016
Breast cancer (BrCa) is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. Current therapies for BrCa are insufficient to cure metastatic disease and are often associated with debilitating side effects that severely deteriorate the quality of patients’...