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Specialty: Viral Oncology
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About Me
Specialty: Viral Oncology
Language
Position
Education
DMSc, Buenos Aires University School of Medicine
MD, Buenos Aires University School of Medicine
, Rockefeller University
, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Center
Awards
1997
Member
National Academy of Medicine, Argentina
1989
Fellow
New York Academy of Sciences
1988
Member
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
1984
Outstanding Women in Science Award
AWIS Metropolitan N.Y.
1964
Damon Runyon Fund Fellowship
Rockefeller University
1959
Research Career Award
National Research Council of Argentina
Research
Recently, we isolated and characterized a beta retrovirus from primary cultures of human breast cancer cells. The retrovirus is able to infect epithelial and lymphocytic human cells. Its potential for malignant transformation is being investigated. Epidemiological studies on breast cancer and retroviral incidence are also carried out by analyzing samples from different geographical locations. The transcriptional profile of breast cancer cells carrying the virus was also investigated. Together, these studies will help to determine if a retrovirus is involved in human breast cancer pathogenesis.