Open AccessTargeting cancer: an interview with Tyler Jacks
Author(s) -
Kathy Weston
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
disease models and mechanisms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.327
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1754-8411
pISSN - 1754-8403
DOI - 10.1242/dmm.006882
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , cancer , psychology , gerontology , medicine , computer science , programming language
Tyler Jacks is one of the world’s foremost experts on mouse models of cancer and has pioneered the use of gene targeting in the mouse to construct more accurate pre-clinical models. Here, he discusses his early influences and motivation, and his hopes for the future of cancer research.