Platinum Publications, June 1–June 30, 2016

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Platinum Publications are selected from articles by NCI at Frederick scientists published in 42 prestigious science journals. This list represents articles published during the time period shown above, as generated from PubMed. Articles designated as Platinum Highlights are noteworthy articles selected by Dr. Craig Reynolds, associate director, National Cancer Institute, from among the most recently published Platinum Publications.

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At Student Seminar, Expert Panel Lauds HPV Vaccine for Cancer Prevention

Monday, August 1, 2016

Interns were promised pizza, but they got more than just food as they watched “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” at this summer’s second student seminar. In the Building 549 auditorium, students learned about human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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Reynolds Highlights Economic Activity, Research Progress at Local Breakfast Briefing

Craig Reynolds explains the mission of NCI at Frederick to the Fort Detrick Alliance.

Friday, July 29, 2016

NCI is a valuable asset to the Frederick community as a major employer, a purchaser of goods and services, and an educator and mentor for students from elementary through post-graduate school, Craig Reynolds told about 70 people, including many community leaders, at the Fort Detrick Alliance’s quarterly breakfast briefing at Hood College.

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Scientists Grow Therapeutic Protein in Engineered Soya Bean Seeds to Prevent AIDS

A graphic of soya bean seeds with a microscope.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Genetically modified soya beans provide a scalable, low-cost method of producing microbicides that prevent AIDS, a technique sustainable for resource-poor countries where AIDS is spreading rapidly. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, more than 36 million people worldwide are living with HIV. While the number of AIDS-related deaths are decreasing, infection rates are still increasing, specifically in Eastern and Southern Africa.

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Study Illuminates K-Ras4B Activation, Which May Help Predict Drug Resistance

Hyunbum Jang, Ph.D., and Ruth Nussinov, Ph.D.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Until recently, researchers studying RAS, a family of proteins involved in transmitting signals within cells, believed that the exchange of guanosine 5’-diphosphate (GDP) by guanosine triphosphate (GTP) was sufficient to activate the protein. Once activated, RAS can cause unintended and overactive signaling in cells, which can lead to cell division and, ultimately, cancer.

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