Clinical trials evaluating inhibitors of Hedgehog or Notch in a number of cancer types are currently under way at Johns Hopkins and several other sites across the country, Eberhart says.

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So far, we have established collaborations with more than 140 universities around the world, including a number of top-notch universities, like Princeton University and Imperial College London.