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Role of protease inhibitors in regulating sperm activation.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4035&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anne_Villeneuve","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Anne","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","displayName":"Anne Villeneuve","lastName":"Villeneuve"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10272&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Peng_Qiu","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Peng","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiology","displayName":"Peng Qiu","lastName":"Qiu"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9234&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Hong_Gao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Hong","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Genetics","displayName":"Hong Gao","lastName":"Gao"},{"researchInterest":"My research interests involve the epidemiology, treatment and diagnosis of pediatric and young adult brain tumors.  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Our discoveries are relevant to prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant prostatic diseases.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4633&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Donna_Peehl","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Urology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Donna","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Urology","displayName":"Donna Peehl","lastName":"Peehl"},{"researchInterest":"Regulation of stem cell division and self-renewal Cell type specific transcription machinery and regulation of cell differentiation Developmental regulation of cell cycle progression during male meiosis Molecular dissection of the mechanism of cytokinesis.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4159&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Margaret_Fuller","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Margaret","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Developmental Biology","displayName":"Margaret T. 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