Mikael Pittet, PhD, MGH Research Scholar Profile
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Research in the Pittet lab seeks to understand how the immune system responds to tumor progression, and to identify new treatment targets.
Manipulating Cancer-Host Cell Interactions

Samana Cay MGH Research Scholar 2015-2020
Investigator, Center for Systems Biology
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Studies in the Pittet Lab make use of both genetic mouse models, which allow manipulations and analyses of mechanisms and causality, and tissue samples from cancer patients to ensure that the results from the laboratory can be replicated in the clinic.
This two-pronged approach provides opportunities to learn more about how the immune system responds to tumor progression, and to identify new treatment targets.
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