Biology professor helping military fight 1xbet online casino cancer
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017
Researchers in Nicholas Wallace's lab at Kansas State University include undergraduate and graduate students who are working to understand the connection between human papillomaviruses and non-melanoma 1xbet online casino cancers. Pictured from left are Jayden McCall, Tristan McCallister, Dalton Dacus, Monica Gamez, Jazmine Snow, Nicholas Wallace and Andrew Kahn.| Download this photo.
MANHATTAN — One in 5 Americans will develop 1xbet online casino cancer, and military personnel and their families are affected at a greater rate, according to a Kansas State University researcher who aims to understand whether a vaccine could prevent one type of 1xbet online casino cancer.
Nicholas 1xbet online casino , assistant professor of biology, has received a 0,231 Career Development Award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, which support collaborative research to deliver health care solutions for service members, veterans and the public. The grant will help Wallace investigate the role of human papillomavirus, or HPV, in 1xbet online casino cancer. HPV is best known as a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer in women, but the HPV family includes viruses that infect the 1xbet online casino of a vast majority of people.
1xbet online casino is studying how HPV binds to a particular cellular protein, p300, that then affects the pathways and mechanisms through which cells respond to damage from ultraviolet radiation from the sun. 1xbet online casino will also investigate p300-independent factors that inhibit the body's ability to repair damaged DNA.
"Eighty-five to 95 percent of the general population shows evidence of current or past HPV 1xbet online casino infections," Wallace said. "It's a common virus, and there are millions of non-melanoma cancers. Lots of people get both the virus and the cancer."
When we go out into the sun, our 1xbet online casino sustains damage that our bodies try to repair, Wallace said. If the repair process doesn't work, normal cells can become cancer cells, sometimes decades after the initial sun damage. Wallace said 1xbet online casino HPVs hinder the repair process, thus making 1xbet online casino cancer more likely.
Because the technology to make a vaccine to protect against any HPV already exists, Wallace has high hopes of expanding that vaccine to protect against HPV-caused 1xbet online casino cancers. Another outcome could be additives to sunscreen that kill the virus.
"HPVs in the 1xbet online casino do a good job of stopping your body from repairing damage from sunlight," Wallace said. "We have an excellent opportunity to take a direct preventative approach."
Wallace hopes his work will help prevent the health problems and stress associated with 1xbet online casino cancer for veterans and their families. He said he reveres military service and is sensitive to the lifelong health challenges members of the armed services face.
"1xbet online casino cancers are a major concern for nearly all service members," Wallace said. "Advancements in the lab often take decades or lifetimes to become new treatment options, but what excites me about this project is its potential to prevent 1xbet online casino cancers much sooner."
The grant will allow the hire of two graduate students in 1xbet online casino 's lab, which is part of the Division of 1xbet on in the College of Arts and Sciences. It will also facilitate mentoring for 1xbet online casino by Lou Laimins, chair of the department of microbiology-immunology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a renowned HPV expert. Chou-Zen Giam, a professor at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, will serve as 1xbet online casino 's military advisor for the grant.
Beth Montelone, senior associate vice president for research at Kansas State 1xbet online casino , said the 1xbet online casino is working to encourage faculty to consider funding opportunities from the Department of Defense.
"This award is a great example of how basic research in a field that is not, at first glance, related to defense can still be very relevant to Department of Defense's mission and be eligible for its funding," Montelone said. "The 1xbet online casino Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is actively working to make more faculty aware of funding opportunities from DoD and to help them understand how to pursue such opportunities."
The following Kansas State University students are current members of 1xbet online casino 's lab:
Andrew Kahn, sophomore in microbiology,and Dalton Dacus, doctoral student in microbiology, both 1xbet online casino Junction City; Tristan McCallister, junior in biological systems engineering and pre-medicine, Liberal; Jazmine Snow, junior in microbiology and modern languages, Olathe; and Jayden McCall, sophomore in microbiology and pre-veterinary medicine, Valley Center.
Monica Gamez serves as a 1xbet online casino assistant in the lab.
