Kenneth W Kinzler
Kenneth Kinzler, Ph.D., is Professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, co-Director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University and Associate Director for Basic Research for the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC). He has produced classic studies of the genes causing human cancer including the discovery of APC, the gene that initiates virtually all colorectal tumors. He is also known for his development of genetic methods for analyzing gene expression and mutations in human cancer leading to his more recent work on defining the cancer genome and using released tumor DNA as a clinical biomarker. He has coauthored over 400 peer-reviewed articles on the molecular analyses of cancer and holds over 125 patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Inventors and is a Fellow of American Association of Cancer Research Academy.
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