University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Biomedical EngineeringCancer Metastasis and Tissue Engineering Lab
Andrew Zhuang Wang · Dallas, Texas
Research Focus
Dr. Andrew Zhuang Wang's lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center focuses on creating advanced models to study how cancer spreads, particularly to specific organs. By engineering tissues that mimic these organs, they aim to understand the factors that influence metastasis and improve cancer treatment strategies. The lab's innovative approach combines biology and engineering to develop tools that could lead to breakthroughs in precision medicine for cancer patients.
cancer metastasistissue engineeringorgan specificitytumor biologyprecision oncology
Research Aims
3AIM 01Develop organ-specific cancer metastasis models using decellularized tissues.
AIM 02Validate the ability of biomatrix models to reflect organ-specificity in cancer.
AIM 03Identify soluble matrix proteins that prevent tumor cell proliferation.
Skills the Lab Values
tissue decellularizationin vitro culturecancer cell line manipulationbiomatrix developmentextracellular matrix analysis
Output against the department
Publications525top 14% of dept.84th of 595
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Citations21ktop 15% of dept.92nd of 595
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