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Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner was a writer at CST.

Recent Posts:

Simplify iPSCs Research: Antibodies to Identify Pluripotency Markers

Reagent validation and experiment reproducibility are critical for advancing research in any scienti...
Chris Sumner Sep 30, 2020

CiteAb Awards: Antibody Supplier of the Decade & Antibody Supplier Succeeding in Alzheimer's Research

We’re honored to win two CiteAb awards in 2020: Antibody Supplier of the Decade and Antibody Supplie...
Chris Sumner Mar 11, 2020

The Researcher's Guide to the Hallmarks of Cancer Research Targets

If you haven’t heard already, it’s CST’s 20th anniversary. Woohoo! You could say this year is kind o...
Chris Sumner Oct 9, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Genome Instability and Mutation

Not all cancer cells are equal, they evolve in response to selective pressure driven by accumulation...
Chris Sumner Aug 28, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Tumor-Promoting Inflammation

Cancer cells hijack inflammatory mechanisms to promote their own growth and survival. During a norma...
Chris Sumner Aug 21, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Activating Invasion and Metastasis

Cancer cells invade local tissue and spread to distant sites via two distinct, but similar processes...
Chris Sumner Jul 17, 2019

Immunotherapy: What Are CAR-T Cells?

Our immune system has the ability to detect and fight infectious pathogens. It can also detect when ...
Chris Sumner Jul 10, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Avoiding Immune Destruction

Some cancer cells adapt mechanisms to evade detection and destruction by the host's immune system. O...
Chris Sumner Jun 12, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Evading Growth Suppressors

Cancer cells resist inhibitory signals that might otherwise stop their growth. The major pathways in...
Chris Sumner May 1, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Enabling Replicative Immortality

Cancer cells can revert to a pre-differentiated, stem-cell-like phenotype, allowing uninhibited cell...
Chris Sumner Apr 17, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Sustaining Proliferative Signaling

Cancer cells stimulate their own growth, which means they become self-sufficient in growth signals a...
Chris Sumner Apr 3, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Inducing Angiogenesis Energetics

Cancer cells stimulate the growth of blood vessels to supply nutrients to tumors. Angiogenesis is th...
Chris Sumner Mar 20, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Deregulating Cellular Energetics

Cancer cells need a lot of energy to grow fast—to do so, they show abnormal metabolic pathways. Most...
Chris Sumner Feb 27, 2019

What makes an antibody monoclonal, polyclonal, or recombinant?

When you’re shopping for antibodies, there are so many factors to consider. For example, will it wor...
Chris Sumner Jan 30, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Resisting Cell Death

One thing we know about cancer cells: they can resist death. They evade apoptosis, the mechanism tha...
Chris Sumner Jan 23, 2019

Can I accelerate my ELISA results?

Running an ELISA can be a pain. Identifying pairs for an ELISA is a tedious business, and that’s bef...
Chris Sumner Jan 16, 2019

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