Features
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Chronic kidney disease affects more than one in ten individuals in the United States alone, either due to specific kidney disorders such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) or in association with other illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, lupus, and HIV. Read the story »
Going after the Real Killer:
Metastatic Cancer
Within CCR, several principal investigators are converging on the importance of research specifically aimed at stopping cancer metastases. Read more about metastatic cancer »
Cancer Research Takes Flight:
Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease
What do cancers have in common with fruit fly wings? Wnts. The very name of the Wnt (pronounced /wint/) family of secreted signaling molecules proclaims its dual history in developmental biology and cancer research. Read more about cancer research »
Balancing Silence
How a Cell's Fate is Determined
The fate of a cell is determined by more than the string of A’s, T’s, G’s, and C’s that make up its DNA sequence. Read more about the fate of cells »
News
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By Land or by Sea:
High-Yield Production of a Marine Anti-HIV Protein
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How the Mammary Microenvironment Redirects the Fate of Stem Cells
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New Study Shows Early Response of Colon Cancer to Dietary Change
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View the new 2009 CCR awards
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MYH9 Risk Varients Explain Increased Burden of kidney Disease among African-Americans
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A new Partnership User Program (PUP)
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Staff announcements and new tenure-track scientists at CCR