Professor Jane Visvader

Joint Division Head, ACRF Cancer Biology and Stem Cells, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

New immune cells help maintain breast health

Researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell that helps keep breast tissue healthy within mammary ducts – the sites where milk is produced and transported – and where breast cancers arise

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