Saja Mohammed
Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
Investigation into the role of a novel gene in breast cancer
The active, controlled nature of cell death has presented the possibility that cell
death can be manipulated where it goes wrong. For example in cancer, where not
enough cell death occurs, stimulation of cell death is necessary to the removal of
cancer cells. On the other hand, during brain injury, or during brain diseases like
Alzheimer's disease, preventing nerve cells from dying is important to prevent the
excessive loss of the cells. In order to manipulate cell death, we need to understand
how it occurs and, most importantly, how it is controlled. The complicated
mechanisms that control the growth and survival of human cells are still far from fu