Principal Investigator

Meetings Organized

4th International Conference on Tumor Progression and Therapeutic Resistance
http://www.gtcbio.com/conference/tumor-progression-and-therapeutic-resistance-overview
March 9-11, 2014
Boston, MA (U.S.A.)

15th International p53 Workshop
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
October 8-12, 2010
Meeting Agenda (.pdf download)

199th Interurban Clinical Club Meeting
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
Spring 2009
Meeting News (.pdf download)

14th International p53 Workshop
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
October 27-31, 2008
Meeting Agenda (.pdf download)

3rd International Conference on Tumor Progression and Therapeutic Resistance
Key Note Speaker: Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medicial Institute
October 22-24, 2006
Baltimore, MD (U.S.A.)
Promotional Flier (.pdf download)
Meeting Handbook (.pdf download)

The International Conference on Tumor Progression and Therapeutic Resistance
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)
June 2005
Meeting Report (.pdf download)

March 2014: http://tinyurl.com/kccmtyo 

Quest For Answers
"We're trying to understand how cancer cells die, how they're affected by chemotherapy or newer agents, why they become resistant to certain treatments and how to develop strategies to reverse the resistance," says Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, chief of hematology/oncology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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Kuwait Prize In Applied Sciences
Dr. El-Deiry was recognized for his work on tumor suppressor genes including p53 and TRAIL, and mechanisms that determine cancer therapeutic response. Dr. El-Deiry was recognized for developing new strategies targeting cell death for cancer therapy.
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Small Molecule Drug Drives Cancer Cells to Suicide
Cancer researchers have pinned down a molecule that can kick-start the body's own tumour-destroying systems, triggering cell death in cancerous but not healthy tissue in mice.
Read the full article from Nature News