Neuro-Oncology: The Podcast

Author Interview: Nuclear export as a therapeutic vulnerability in ZFTA-RELA ependymoma

Neuro-Oncology: The Podcast

Show Notes

In this episode of Author Interviews from the Society for Neuro-Oncology journals, Dr. Jiasen He (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center) speaks with Dr Stephen C. Mack and Dr. Kelsey C. Bertrand from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital about their recently published article in Neuro-Oncology titled 'Nuclear export as a therapeutic vulnerability in ZFTA-RELA ependymoma Authors: Stephen C. Mack, Kelsey C. Bertrand Interviewer: Jiasen He

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