Senescence: live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse

Florence Mahoney Lecture on Aging | Wednesday, November 28, 2018 | 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET

Norman E. Sharpless, M.D.

Director

National Cancer Institute

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Summary

In addition to serving as director of NCI, Dr. Sharpless continues his research in understanding the biology of the aging process that promotes the conversion of normal self-renewing cells into dysfunctional cancer cells. Dr. Sharpless has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the relationship between aging and cancer, and in the preclinical development of novel therapeutics for melanoma, lung cancer, and breast cancer.