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Metal-Based Chemotherapy: A New Form of Cancer Treatment
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Thanks to advances in medicine, deaths from communicable diseases have decreased, and life expectancy has increased. However, with people living longer, there is a greater chance of developing noncommunicable...
The Pollock lab utilizes chemical biology techniques, biochemical methods, and organic synthesis to understand breast cancer and inflammatory disease development and progression. In particular, we are interested in nuclear receptor function, phosphorylation signaling pathways, design of prodrugs, and the link between cancer and inflammation. We have a lot of collaborators on and off campus so we can expand our scientific discoveries.
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