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February 9, 2007
Gopal P. Sapkota, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '04-'06) reports on key aspects of the regulation of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) in the prestigious journal Molecular Cell. BMPs play a crucial role in normal development as well as in a variety of cancers. Dr. Sapkota’s discovery has implications for our understanding of the earliest stages of cancer.