Lawrence Platt, MD, receives the 2006 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture award
LAUREL, MD--The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) presented Lawrence Platt, MD, with the 2006 William J. Fry Award for his numerous contributions to the scientific progress of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The award was presented at the 2006 AIUM Annual Convention on March 24, 2006, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC....... Dr Platt is a professor of obstetric...New cancer gene identified by Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists
NEW YORK, January 20, 2005 - Scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have identified a new cellular oncogene essential for the development of cancer. Oncogenes are genes that, when mutated or dysfunctional, lead normal cells to become cancerous. The investigators have named the gene POKEMON (for POK Erythroid Myeloid Ontogenic factor). The work is being published in the Janua...