Current Areas of Research in Molecular And Cell Biology

Cancer  |  Cardiac  |  Genetic Diseases  |  Infectious Diseases  |  Neuroscience

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Cancer

Brain Tumors
Role of cytomegalovirus in development of brain tumors (malignant glioma)
Charles Cobbs, MD and Liliana Soroceanu, MD, PhD

Breast Cancer Disease Progression
Cellular and molecular changes during the early stages of breast cancer progression.
Shanaz Dairkee, PhD
Role of ID-1 in metastatic breast cancer
Pierre Desprez, PhD
Role of dystroglycan in metastatic breast cancer
John Muschler, PhD

Colon Cancer
Gene targets for cancer screening
Nancy M. Lee, PhD

Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Molecular biological evaluations of herbs used as cancer therapy
Garret Yount, PhD

Drug Development
Creating cultured cells for cancer drug development
Shanaz Dairkee, PhD
Cancer and cannaniboids
Sean McAllister, PhD
Novel compounds for treatment of metastatic cancer
Li-Xi Yang, MD, PhD

Gene Therapy
Development of safe and effective therapies to correct cancer-causing genes
Robert Debs, MD

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Cardiac

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of the Ca2+ Transport ATPase
Calcium transport across cell membranes
How calcium blocking cardiac drugs work
Giuseppe Inesi, MD, PhD

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Genetic Diseases

Understanding the Basis for Genetic Diseases
Gene repair and modification strategy for cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and cancer. Embryonic stem cell models of SCID-X1, and Becker and Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy.
Dieter Gruenert, PhD

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Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases and Host Response
Drug Development for opportunistic infections – Mycobacterium avium Complex
Lowell Young, MD
Mechanisms of protective immunity against hepatitis C virus infection
Stewart Cooper, MD, MRCP

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Neuroscience

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Abnormal mitochondrial protein interactions
Jian Liu, PhD
Early activation of neuropeptide receptors
Nancy Lee, PhD

Brain Injury
Brain Injury and the inflammatory process
Eric Beattie, PhD

Multiple Sclerosis
How benign viruses may lead to brain cell death and autoimmunity
Claude Genain, MD

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