Hagop Kantarjian, M.D., isn’t just the head of Leukemia at MD Anderson; he’s also a prolific artist.
Since 1992, the leukemia specialist estimates he’s painted more than 500 canvasses in his spare time. About 50 of those brightly colored, Fauvist-style pieces currently grace the halls of the Leukemia department. He averages about one new painting each week and sometimes gives them away to patients or colleagues.
“I’ll never...
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Since the discovery of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), a family of proteins vital in the early stages of cell development, scientists have tried to target them to disrupt the division and proliferation of cancer cells. This is especially true in breast cancer due to its reliance on this process for growth.
The first generation of these agents, known as CDK inhibitors, targeted both CDK4 and CDK6. That is why they’re known as CDK4...
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