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Podcast: Discovering Academia
Episode: #051 - Ashok Venkitaraman: Understanding Cancer, Genetic Predispositions & the Future of Cancer Treatments
Description: Today we talk with Ashok Venkitaraman, Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore School of Medicine as well as Director of the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and NUS Centre for Cancer Research. His research focuses on two main questions, what makes certain people more susceptible to cancer over others, and how can we delay cancer evolution in different tissues. In this episode we talk about the role of certain “chromosome custodian” genes that play a key role in safeguarding DNA integrity. Professor Venkitaraman expresses his optimism about the future of cancer research and the possibilities for both...