We caught up with the @theaacr.bsky.social Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research winner, Rakesh Jain (@harvardmed.bsky.social) to discuss his pioneering work in the tumor microenvironment and invention of the intravital microscopy imaging method.
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A window to cancer’s soul: the creation of intravital microscopy and the rise of the TME
We discuss the tumor microenvironment and intravital microscopy with its inventor Rakesh Jain, a pioneer of the TME.
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