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Behind the Scenes Cancer Research Lab: Be Well Facebook Live

Ideastream health reporter Marlene Harris-Taylor will take viewers inside a lab at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center via a Facebook Live stream Friday, Sept. 21, at 10 a.m.

Harris-Taylor will tour the facilities with Cleveland Clinic researcher Justin Lathia and Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason II Professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center of Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics. These two researchers and their teams with share how they are using innovative techniques to help unlock some of the mysteries of cancer.

The Facebook Live event is held in honor of a summit being held by former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on the same day. Biden started an initiative two years ago to spotlight cancer research and to find ways to accelerate advances in cancer research; this initiative will be the focus of the event.

View Behind the Scenes Cancer Research Lab: Be Well Facebook Live on the Facebook event page at the given time. To receive an alert when the stream begins, select “Going.”