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SUMMARY:Defeating Cancer from Within - Waging War Against Our Own Cells - 
 Fiona Watt
DTSTART:20090309T194500Z
DTEND:20090309T210000Z
UID:TALK16295@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:David Gordon
DESCRIPTION:When I say that I work for Cancer Research UK people often ask
  me 'How are you getting on? Do we have a cure for cancer yet?' It's entir
 ely right that people should ask these questions\, because cancer is a dis
 ease that touches many lives and CRUK is funded by donations\, large and s
 mall\, from people across Britain. The answers to the questions\, however\
 , are not so simple. I will discuss the long journey from a laboratory exp
 eriment that suggests a potential new treatment to actually delivering tha
 t treatment to patients.\n\n\nBio: Fiona Watt is Herchel Smith Professor o
 f Molecular Genetics and Deputy Director of the CRUK Cambridge Research In
 stitute and Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research. She studies stem
  cells in normal skin and the changes that they undergo during tumour form
 ation. Her work for CRUK has given her unique insights into how cancer is 
 being tackled in the UK - from local fund-raising efforts\, through labora
 tory-based research and clinical trials.\n\n
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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