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Starting a new project on comparing international reporting of stem cell research between English speaking regions."},{"lastName":"Rankin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Basic Life Science Research Associate,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10065&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Erinn Rankin","firstName":"Erinn","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Erinn_Rankin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16944&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Colleen Wu","firstName":"Colleen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Colleen_Wu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Giaccia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Surgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4141&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Amato J. 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We found recently that Wnt proteins are unusual growth factors, because they are lipid-modified. We discovered that Wnt proteins promote the proliferation of stem cells of various origins. Current work is directed at understanding the function of the lipid on the Wnt,  using Wnt proteins as factors the expand stem cells and on understanding Wnt signaling during repair and regeneration after tissue injury."},{"lastName":"Yan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Hematology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=13412&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kelley Yan","firstName":"Kelley","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Kelley_Yan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gurtner","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Plastic Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic & Recon Surgery"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Materials Science and Engineering - Engineering Materials Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6890&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Geoffrey Gurtner","firstName":"Geoffrey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Geoffrey_Gurtner","researchInterest":"Geoffrey Gurtner's Lab is interested in understanding the mecahnism of new blood vessel growth following injury and how pathways of tissue regeneration and fibrosis interact in wound healing."},{"lastName":"Samos","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Science Writer/Editor,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Information Editor,Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Science Writer/Editor,Neurosurgery","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=28093&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Cynthia Samos","firstName":"Cynthia","href":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/Cynthia_Samos","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10405&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mickey Hu","firstName":"Mickey","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Mickey_Hu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Porpiglia","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Microbiology & Immunology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23907&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ermelinda Porpiglia","firstName":"Ermelinda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Ermelinda_Porpiglia","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Cleary","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pathology"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pathology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4506&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Cleary","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Michael_Cleary","researchInterest":"The role of oncoproteins in cancer and development; 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