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Irving Weissman - Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, Professor of Pathology, of Developmental Biology, and (by courtesy) of Biology
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The Weissman lab studies the identification, isolation, and function of normal and cancer stem cells, including the lineage of their precursors and progeny, and the phylogeny of stem cells in colonial protochordates.