Regaining Taxol Sensitivity in Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancer Cells
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research advisor, for providing guidance, support, and experimental training throughout my research experience. I also wish to thank my undergraduate peers in the Dawson lab for their contributions to this thesis: McAndrew, graduate student in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, for her technical advice. Finally, I would like to thank my parents Nilesh and Dipti Khambhati for their tremendous support and encouragement during my undergraduate studies.
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