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Novel Liver Steroid Slows Brain Tumor Growth

sels mimic those of tumors.

The study's other authors were Allen K. Sills Jr., M.D.; Betty M. Tyler; Darin S. Epstein; Eric P. Sipos, M.D.; John D. Davis, M.D.; Mark Donowitz, M.D.; and John Laterra, M.D., Ph.D., of Hopkins; Simon Pitchford of Molecular Devices Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif.; Francis H. Gannon of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Jon I. Williams, Ph.D.; Kimberly Chesire, William A. Kinney, Tessa L. Chao, and Michael Zasloff, M.D., Ph.D., of Magainin Pharmaceuticals, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

Some of the cells used in laboratory tests and their derivative lines are the property of Neurotech, S.A., Paris, France. Laterra owns stock in Neurotech, an arrangement that has been reviewed and approved by the Johns Hopkins University Office on Conflict of Interest.

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