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Exosomes & Cancer – Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – Seeking to Understand How Extracellular Vesicles Work and Why They Exist

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Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cancer Biology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses exosomes cancer, cancer stages, and his life’s work in research and medicine.  Podcast Points of Discussion: * Why do cells generate extracellular vesicles? * What are exosomes and how might they affect cancers? * Can extracellular vesicles alter the cells around them? In addition to being a professor and chairman of the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Kalluri is also Adjunct Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. Dr. Kalluri earned his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Kansas Medical Center, earned an MD degree from Brown University Medical School, and was a Post-doc fellow, and research associate as well, at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Dr. Kalluri has devoted much