Estibaliz Lopez-Rodrigo
New York, NY USA
Weill Cornell Medicine
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About
Instructor in Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Weill Cornell Medical College
Investigating the developmental origin and homeostasis of macrophages and the related cell types monocytes and dendritic cells.
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Weill Cornell Medicine
research
Interests
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High-Grade Glioma
High-grade Gliomas (HGG) or astrocytomas in children nearly always result in a dismal prognosis. Although novel therapeutic approaches are currently in development, preclinical testing has been limited, due to a lack of pediatric-specific HGG preclinical models. These models are needed to help test
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Low-Grade Glioma
Low-Grade Gliomas also called astrocytomas are the most common cancer of the central nervous system in children. They represent a heterogeneous group of tumors that can be discovered anywhere within the brain or spinal cord. Although surgical resection may be curative, up to 20% of children still su