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Bert Vogelstein: Internationally Renowned Cancer Researcher

December 17, 2021

Bert Vogelstein, M.D., ranks today, as he has for more than three decades, as the pre-eminent international scientist. The discoveries that led the world to understand that cancer is a genetic disease unfolded one by one in his laboratory.   Vogelstein, who is co-director of the Ludwig Center at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator is best […]

cpetty7 ⋅ Issues & Perspectives Bert Vogelstein, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Ludwig Institute, Research ⋅

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Cancer Matters with Dr Bill Nelson – Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

July 9, 2020

In the latest Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Bert Vogelstein about shifting his work as a cancer researcher to detecting and preventing the spread of COVID-19.    

Clinton ⋅ Bert Vogelstein, Bill Nelson, Cancer Matters, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Ludwig Institute, podcast, Research ⋅

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New Mathematical Model of Cancer Formation Reveal that Genetic Signs of the Disease Can Start Decades Before Diagnosis

December 27, 2019

A new mathematical model of tumorigenesis—the formation of cancer—developed by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Whiting School of Engineering, and Bloomberg School of Public Health, suggests that the accumulation of random genetic mutations that launch a cell into malignancy later in life may get their start as early as the teen years. […]

Clinton ⋅ Bert Vogelstein, bloomberg school of public health, Christian Tomasetti, colon cancer, Donald German, Francis M. Giardiello, John Groopman, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Kamel Lahouel, Ken Kinzler, Laurent Younes, Ludmila Danilova, National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ralph H. Hruban, Research, The John Templeton Foundation, the Lustgarten Foundation, the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund, whiting school of engineering ⋅

A Prize, Promotion and Press Story

March 18, 2011

About ten years ago, researcher Bert Vogelstein appeared with Katie Couric on the Today Show to announce new research on a stool test for colon cancer.  Since then, he's mapped scores of cancer genomes to boost knowledge about cancer-related genes, and the Brupbacher Foundation in Zurich has now awarded Vogelstein a prize for his research […]

admin ⋅ Issues & Perspectives Bert Vogelstein, colon cancer, head and neck cancer, Research, Sara Pai, vw ⋅

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