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Nature Communications Study Finds New Biomarker Possibilities for Rare Neuroendocrine Tumors

January 21, 2015

A new study published in Nature Communications finds that a mutation in the ATRX gene, a potential molecular marker for aggressive brain tumors, can also serve as a much-needed biomarker for rare neuroendocrine tumors.

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Xu Lab Publishes in Nature Communications

December 16, 2014

New technique to repurpose fibroblasts into functional melanocytes.

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Lambris Lab Demonstrates Way to Tame Inflammatory Response in Kidney Dialysis

December 11, 2014

"Therapeutic C3 inhibitor Cp40 abrogates complement activation induced by modern hemodialysis filters" published in Immunobiology. 

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Lambris Lab

The Lambris Lab consists of an international and interdisciplinary team that investigates the various aspects of innate immunity, and particularly the complement system, in health and disease. The integrated research approach encompasses projects such as the quantitative analysis of protein-protein interactions of complement components, the development of therapeutic complement inhibitors (e.g. Compstatin), complement evasion by human pathogens, and the role of complement in liver regeneration and cancer development.

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Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 
Director, Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

John D. Lambris, PhD

Dr. Ralph and Sallie Weaver Professor of Research Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Malek Kamoun, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Clinical Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

Taku Kambayashi, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Associate Vice Chair for Research 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Robert W. Doms, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Professor of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Chair and Pathologist-in-Chief
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Laura K. Conlin, PhD, FACMG

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

Director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

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