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Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill

Professor Frances Balkwill of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, is driven by two passions: translating basic cancer research into new patient therapies and encouraging science literacy in children through a range of communication-based activities. In this interview, she discu...

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Publicado: The Company of Biologists Limited 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21555329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.007898
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spelling pubmed-30974502011-06-07 Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill Dis Model Mech A Model for Life Professor Frances Balkwill of Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, is driven by two passions: translating basic cancer research into new patient therapies and encouraging science literacy in children through a range of communication-based activities. In this interview, she discusses current challenges in translational cancer research and how the two arms of her career inspire one another. The Company of Biologists Limited 2011-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3097450/ /pubmed/21555329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.007898 Text en © 2011. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly cited and all further distributions of the work or adaptation are subject to the same Creative Commons License terms.
spellingShingle A Model for Life
Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title_full Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title_fullStr Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title_full_unstemmed Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title_short Translating science in more ways than one: an interview with Frances Balkwill
title_sort translating science in more ways than one: an interview with frances balkwill
topic A Model for Life
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21555329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.007898