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Phage Display Library Screening For Psa-/Lo Prostate Cancer Cell-Binding Peptides, John R. Moore
Phage Display Library Screening For Psa-/Lo Prostate Cancer Cell-Binding Peptides, John R. Moore
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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the leading malignancies affecting men worldwide. Our lab focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying prostate carcinogenesis and developing therapeutics that target the cells responsible for driving PCa and mediating therapy resistance. My master thesis research employs a phage display library screening technology aiming to identify peptides that preferentially home in to undifferentiated PCa cells, which our lab has previously demonstrated to be intrinsically resistant to castration.
There is now evidence that a population of cells in PCa possesses characteristics associated with stem cells; these cells are referred to as cancer stem cells (CSCs). …