Collaborators
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Shay / Wright Laboratory at University Texas Southwestern
http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/cellbio/shay-wright/
Jerry W. Shay, Ph.D.,
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Cell Biology
Associate Director Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
Woodring 'Woody' Wright, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
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Mieczyslaw A. Piatyszek, Ph.D.
While at UTSW, working in the Shay/Wright Laboratories, he demonstrated an association of telomerase activity with human cancer and cell immortality. Publication of his work is frequently quoted and was among the top ten most quoted biomedical publications in the world in 2002. Dr. Piatyszek advises Sierra Sciences on assay development and high-throughput screening.
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Shawn Holt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Co-Director of the Elmore/Holt Aging and Cancer Laboratory
Departments of Pathology & Human Genetics
Member of the Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/research/holt_el/
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William Welch, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Nevada, Reno
Major Academic Interest
Our laboratory has a long-standing interest in the relationship between macromolecular structure and function, in particular the role of cat ions and anions in modulating protein conformation and enzyme activity. Currently most of our effort is focused in two areas: (1) the factors modulating the ryanodine receptor and (2) the interaction between capsular polysaccharide and two proteins, immunoglobin and complement factor C3.
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Robert Drewell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Reno
Dr. Drewell is characterizing telomerase promoters for non-human species.
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Mathew Porteus, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
University Texas Southwestern,
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Porteus engineers human genomic chromosomes to help study telomerase regulation.
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Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
Genetics Department
University of Cambridge.
Dr. de Grey believes that with today's scientific breakthroughs that within twenty years, human life span could be extended, so that people alive today could survive indefinitely. He organizes conferences on aging research and publishes a scientific journal, Rejuvenation Research.
http://www.sens.org/index.html
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Related Links:
Faster Cures: An organization working to streamline the approval process for new medicines. http://www.smartbrief.com/fastercures/index.jsp
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The Immortality Institute
The Immortality Institute is a non-profit organization working toward healthy life extension objectives, outreach and advocacy for healthy life extension. They offer an excellent book titled 'The Scientific Conquest of Death.' (This book may be purchased at Amazon.com: The Scientific Conquest of Death )
