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Community Lecture Series | Dr. Pilar de la Puente

Watch this video to learn about the de la Puente lab. The focus in their lab is on the role of tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer progression, drug resistance and cancer immunology. Listen as Dr. de la Puente breaks it down for us by providing a brief background on cancer and defines the following concepts; basic, translational and clinical research. She discusses the ways in which her team models the Tumor Microenvironment (TME) and how it can help patients.

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