Sentences with phrase «specific organ models»

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We have developed pre-clinical models to identify genes, both in the tumour cells and in the microenvironment that regulate the spread of cancer to specific organs such as the liver, lungs and brain.

Pluripotent stem cells, from a slightly later stage, can give rise to any specific tissue, but they fail to support more fundamental development such as growing organs for transplantation or building new mouse models.

Her group has developed pre-clinical models of metastatic disease that are used to identify genes, both in the tumour cells and in the tumour micro-environment that regulate the process of metastasis to specific organs such as bone, liver, lung and brain.

Griffith believes that the most immediate applications for this technology involve modeling two to four specific organs.