Each of us
is made of trillions of cells. It's scary to think that just one cell or a tiny
group gone wrong can bring down our whole being. But that's how cancerous
cells work—their genes mutate, and then they go rogue, multiplying and refusing
to die.
Charles
Sawyers is a molecular monster slayer, fighting on the front lines in the battle against deadly cancers. In
clinical trials of new cancer drugs, he has observed dying patients dramatically improve, and he has also witnessed relapses when resistance to new drugs develops. Cancer
cells are tragically, maddeningly crafty. But scientists like Sawyers are crafty, too, and
recent advances allow them to study and defeat cancer cells in ways unthinkable
in the past.
With colleagues, Dr. Sawyers pioneered one of the first-ever targeted molecular drugs
for cancer treatment, and he recently developed one of the newest—translating
lab discoveries into clinical trials and life-extending therapies. At the Secret Science Club, Dr. Sawyers explores the science “From Cancer Genomics to
Cancer Drugs” and asks: What causes cells to mutate and turn into cancerous rogues? How has mapping the human genome changed cancer research? What future therapies are part of the hunt for new
cures? Will cancer one day be a controllable condition?
Charles
Sawyers is chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center , investigator at
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and professor in the Cell and
Developmental Biology Program and Department of Medicine at the Weill Cornell
Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Dr. Sawyers has received numerous
accolades, including the Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award (often
hailed as the American Nobel Prize) for his work on the development of a
molecularly targeted treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia, the Doris Duke
Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award, and the 2013 Breakthrough Prize in Life
Sciences. He is past president of the American Association for Cancer Research
and serves on the National Cancer Advisory Board.
BEFORE & AFTER
--Imbibe
our scientifically inspired cocktail,
the Cell-o-bration!
--Groove to clinically approved tunes
--Stick around for the ever-evolving Q&A
--Stick around for the ever-evolving Q&A
The Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, June
10, 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St.
(between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn .
Subway: F or G to 4th Ave.
Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring
ID: 21+. No cover.
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