From the Background to the Forefront

Aug 11, 2015

MD Anderson Cancer Center's Nicholas Navin started exploring single-cell sequencing as a sort of nights-and-weekend project during his postdoc, the American Association for the Advancement of Science says. Navin has just been awarded the AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award that recognizes promising early career cancer researchers.

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The Scan

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