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University of California - Irvine

Kessenbrock

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Using a next generation sequencing technology in combination with single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNAseq), researchers from UCI and UCSF, created a high-resolution molecular census of human breast epithelial cells and identified three previously unseen subpopulations of basal and luminal cells. (The two newly discovered luminal cell types are shown in green and red in the image.  The nuclei are shown in blue.) This discovery will aid in the understanding of the origins of breast cancer and may lead to improved early cancer detection, a slowing of cancer progression and possibly cancer prevention. 

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Kai Kessenbrock, PhD

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