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Article: American Association for Cancer Research Honors Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigator.
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- March 20, 2002
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SEATTLE, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Eisenman, Ph.D., a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Basic Sciences Division, is the first recipient of the Kirk A. Landon Prize for Basic Cancer Research, an award given by the American Association for Cancer Research. The $200,000 prize was established to honor significant, fundamental contributions to laboratory research.
Eisenman, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is a leader in the field of oncogenes, aberrantly regulated genes that cause cancer. His research regarding a gene known as myc has been key to understanding how normal cells become ...