Robert Chapkin to receive Mary Swartz Rose Senior Investigator Award
Award recognizes an investigator whose scientific contributions advance the understanding of healthy dietary patterns
Award recognizes an investigator whose scientific contributions advance the understanding of healthy dietary patterns
COLLEGE STATION – A small segment of a human gene STING, stimulator of interferon genes, could hold the key to treating autoimmune diseases and cancer, according to a study by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists. Dr. Pingwei Li, AgriLife Research biochemist and structural biologist, College Station; post doctorates Drs. Baoyu Zhao, and Fenglei Du and…
By: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Robert Chapkin, 979-845-0419, r-chapkin@tamu.edu Eunjoo Kim, 979-845-0448, kim10023@tamu.edu Robert Fuentes, 979-845-0448, nfuentes2@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife scientists have found a way to use novel combinations of dietary compounds to selectively delete damaged stem cells and suppress cancer-causing cell signaling. “This research is necessitated by the fact…
Chapkin, three others receive award to investigate colorectal cancer prevention COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Robert Chapkin, distinguished professor, Regents Professor and Texas A&M AgriLife Senior Faculty Fellow in the department of nutrition and food science, and three other Texas A&M researchers have received a research award for prevention and early detection of cancer. The award…