California Pacific Research Institute-Basic/Laboratory Science

Current Areas of Research in Molecular and Cell Biology

Cancer  |  Cardiac  |  Infectious Diseases  |  Neuroscience

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

Melanoma
Development of a diagnostic technique could aid in the diagnosis of malignant melanoma
Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD

Personalized Prognostics and Targeted Therapeutics Research
Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD

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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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Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases and Host Response
Mechanisms of protective immunity against hepatitis C virus infection
Stewart Cooper, MD, MRCP

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Neuroscience

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Early activation of neuropeptide receptors
Nancy Lee, PhD

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