PRISM LECTURE SERIES: Progress in the Science of Medicine
“Cancer Stem Cells: Dedifferentiation, reprogramming and trans‐differentiation.”
Inder M. Verma, Ph.D.
Professor
Laboratory of Genetics
Laboratory of Genetics
Salk Institute
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Garren Auditorium
Biomedical Sciences Building
**** Lunch Provided ****
Inder M. Verma, Ph.D., a professor in the Laboratory of Genetics and American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology, is one of the world’ss leading authorities on the one of the world
leading authorities on the
development of viruses for gene therapy vectors. Dr. Verma uses genetically engineered viruses to insert new genes into cells that can then be returned to the body, where they produce the essential protein whose absence causes disease.
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