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Why Don't I Slosh When I Walk?
Humans are 60 percent water, but where is that water? Jenny Munson, a world leader in the study of interstitial fluid flow, answers that question, explains how the movement of the fluid between our cells changes in diseases like brain cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, and how that understanding is being used to improve treatments of those conditions and others.
More About Jenny Munson
Jenny Munson is a professor and director of Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Cancer Research Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The lab's research focuses on interstitial fluid flow. In brain cancer, fluid flow increases between cells within the tissue at the edge of the tumor where cancer cells mix with neighboring brain cells and evade typical therapies. Munson and her team believe fluid flow can alter how a tumor responds to drug therapies. The lab is also translating many of its methods and hypotheses to understand the role of fluid flow in immunity, aging, and women's health.
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