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#TomorrowsDiscoveries: Chemotherapy-Resistant Breast Cancer Stem Cells | Dr. Gregg Semenza

#TomorrowsDiscoveries: While chemotherapy attacks and kills 99 percent of breast cancer cells, it leaves behind chemotherapy-resistant cancer stem cells, which can later cause metastatic tumors. Dr. Gregg Semenza’s team has identified a way to overcome the resistance of cancer stem cells to chemotherapy, completely eradicating breast tumors in mice. Learn more about Dr. Semenza’s work: http://ow.ly/PrVEo


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Gregg Semenza
, MD, PhD

Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD

Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering

Dr. Gregg L. Semenza is a professor of pediatrics, radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences, biological chemistry, medicine, and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Semenza is the C. Michael Armstrong ...

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