Event Information

Event Topic:
Emerging Treatments for Solid Tumors: A Review

Event Description:
This talk is a review of published literature rather than a presentation of original research. Pancreatic cancer is an example of a tumor-forming cancer that remains stubbornly lethal. One of the difficulties in fighting cancerous tumors is the formation of dense, hypovascularized stroma around the oncogenic cells that is highly immunosuppressive. In this talk, we will review the structure of tumors and their resultant immunosuppressive activity. The tumor structure suggests several attack points that can be exploited pharmacologically; thus far, unfortunately, these approaches have yielded limited success. More recently, brute-force approaches to drug infusion have shown some encouraging results. The COVID crisis has complicated the process of clinical trial enrollments.

Date/Time:
Date(s) - 10/06/20
8:30 am - 10:30 am

Event Location:
Zoom talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85043660945:

Speaker Information

Event Speaker:
Justin Gaynor

Event Speaker Title:
Product Manager

Event Speaker Company:
TE Connectivity

Event Speaker Bio:

Justin Gaynor has spent most of his 25-year career in the semiconductor field after receiving a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Virginia Tech. A few years ago, he launched an “internal startup” within Silicon Microstructures, a MEMS company, to develop miniaturized sensors for use in the body. As part of this development, he became fascinated by various topics in medicine, including the ongoing fight to conquer cancer with the body’s own immune system. Silicon Microstructures was purchased by TE Connectivity late in 2019 and Justin is currently employed there as a product manager for the in-vivo sensor line. In addition to attending weekly and monthly lectures at Bio2Device, Justin has continued his professional education at UC Berkeley and Harvard University.

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