“Screens are revealing a lot of different mechanisms by which metastatic cells learn new tricks, and suborn the mechanism of the host to get them where they’re going. The appealing thing is, these alterations offer opportunities for therapies: you can interfere with circuits between cells, restore growth suppression, interfere with blood vessel formation.” Richard Hynes
"About the Speaker
RICHARD O. HYNES PHD '71 Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Biology Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Richard Hynes received his B.A. in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, U.K., and his Ph.D. in biology from MIT. After postdoctoral work at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, where he initiated his work on cell adhesion, he returned to MIT as a faculty member.
Hynes is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. He has received the Gairdner Foundation International Award for achievement in medical science and recently served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology."
From UCTV
"Take a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction. On this edition, Jason Satterfiled, director of behavioral medicine at UCSF, explores the emotions and health and the promise of mind-body medicine. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public" [10/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13033]"
"Sylvia Earle has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades. She's led more than 50 undersea expeditions, and she's been an equally tireless advocate for our oceans and the creatures who live in them."
In the 51 years that I have been here on Earth the Seas have changed for the worse.
I am only of 6 billion currently responsible to change our ways for the better,
so that in the next 51 years there will be someone to explore something.
West Wing Week 1/19, or "Obama, Farewell"
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On our last, full day here at the White House, here is the Obama
Administration's 388th -- and final -- episode of our weekly round-up
video, West Wing W...