Cancer Mechanisms
Focus on Cancer Mechanisms
Two Cancer Center Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
Two members of Norris Cotton Cancer Center's research team have been selected as 2011 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.
Program Co-Directors:
Patricia Ernst, PhD
James DiRenzo, PhD
CM's emphasis is to elucidate pathways that present opportunities as well as challenges in cancer diagnosis, classification, prevention, and treatment. All CM members have research interests in basic cancer mechanisms, including the normal functions of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes; regulators of cell cycle and apoptosis; regulators of angiogenesis and metastasis; and stem cells and blood formation.
The Program adds value by channeling intellectual effort, collaborations, access to shared resources, and developmental funds toward three translational aims: molecular disease classification; drug target and lead compound identification; and understanding the complex interactions of small molecules and genotypes in carcinogenesis and treatment.
