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Article: Florida Atlantic University and Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies Enter into Agreement for Cancer Research
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 4, 2007
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To: EDUCATION EDITORS
Contact: Gisele Galoustian of Florida Atlantic University, +1-561-
297-2010, ggaloust@fau.edu
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Florida
Atlantic University and Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
(TPIMS) have signed an agreement to use compounds from TPIMS to
enable faculty and students from the Charles E. Schmidt College of
Science to work to identify anti-cancer drugs and therapies.
A research team headed by Dr. Ramaswamy Narayanan, associate dean
and professor of biology in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of
Science, has identified a cancer specific gene called SIM2. This gene
is found on chromosome 21 and is normally associated with ...