Amy Rommel, Salk Scientist
Inder Verma Laboratory of Genetics
Anna Walden, Mesa College Designer
Brain Cancer:
Cancer cells create their own blood supply.
- The garment is a metaphor of the cancer cell creating its own blood supply.
- The dress represents the brain with the green normal brain cells included.
- The hem represents the brain folds.
- The jewelry piece represents the tumor.
- The blood supply is concentrated at the site of the tumor and spreads.
- The blood supply can be removed from the tumor.