Montana State University team publishes cell findings, notes implications for cancer treatment

Research conducted at Montana State University last summer has implications for cancer treatment and has been published in a major scientific journal.

The team that published its findings in a recent issue of the Journal of Cell Science included two undergraduate students, Dana van der Heide and Kristin Comstock, said Ed Schmidt, leader of the project in MSU’s Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology. He added that it’s unusual for undergraduates to co-author articles that run in scientific journals.

"I’m thrilled about it," van der Heide said. "It’s something that I hadn’t even thought about as a possibility when I was starting research last summer."

Comstock said, "It’s awesome. Not very many people get that experience. To be published after 10 weeks is incredible."

By Evelyn Boswell

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