[Mitworld] New: Wagoner on General Motors, Hynes on Metastasis

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[LEADERSHIP IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: A CONVERSATION WITH DEAN
EMERITUS GLEN URBAN]

Wagoner provides an update on the state of General Motors and insights
into the globalization of the auto industry.

SPEAKER:
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
GM Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/407/>

QUOTE:
"It (the Buick) has got a good image in China because it was the car the
last emperor drove."
--G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[METASTASIS]

In part 6 of this series, Hynes shares the latest knowledge on
metastasis--the spreading of cancer cells from a primary tumor to distant
sites in the body.

SPEAKER:
Richard O. Hynes
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/392//>

QUOTE:
"Screens are revealing a lot of different mechanisms by which metastatic
cells learn new tricks, and suborn the mechanism of the host to get them
where they're going. The appealing thing is, these alterations offer
opportunities for therapies."
--Richard Hynes


EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
<http://web.mit.edu/science/>

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