Genes and the Microenvironment: Two Faces of Breast Cancer

In this April 21, 2008 Berkeley Lab event, a dynamic panel of Berkeley Lab scientists highlight breast cancer research advances related to susceptibility, early detection, prevention, and therapy — a biological systems approach to tackling the disease from the molecular and cellular levels, to tissues and organs, and ultimately the whole individual.

Joe Gray, Berkeley Lab Life Sciences Division Director, explores how chromosomal abnormalities contribute to cancer and respond to gene-targeted therapies.

Mina Bissell, former Life Sciences Division Director, approaches the challenge of breast cancer from the breast's three dimensional tissue microenvironment and how the intracellular "conversation" triggers malignancies.

Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Deputy Director, Life Sciences Division, identifies what
exposure to ionizing radiation can tell us about how normal tissues suppress carcinogenesis.

The panel is moderated by Susan M. Love, breast cancer research pioneer,
author, President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation.

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Science & Technology

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• Berkeley
• breast
• cancer
• genes
• microenvironment

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