Biomedical Research at John Theurer Cancer Center
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Laboratory scientists at Hackensack University Medical Center are collaborating with clinicians at John Theurer Cancer Center and with investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and other institutions to explore hematopoietic stem cell biology and optimize transplantation, study genetic and epigenetic variants influencing cancer risk, and delineate biomarkers that predict cancer progression, among other topics. The findings of their investigations hold promise for gleaning new insights into the roots of cancer development and determinants of outcomes in people being treated for cancer.
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