Susan Band Horwitz
Susan Band Horwitz is an American biochemist and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She studies molecular pharmacology, focusing on the mechanisms by which anti-tumor drugs work and the mechanisms of drug resistance. Her award-winning work starting in the 1970s on paclitaxel revealed that the way it inhibited cell division was by binding to microtubules. As a result, this compound was developed into a common treatment for ovarian, breast and non-small cell lung cancers.
References
- "The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy, Mina J. Bissell, Susan Band Horwitz, and Jon M. Huntsman to Receive American Cancer Society Highest Honor". November 21, 2008.
- Davis, Tinsley H. "Profile of Susan Band Horwitz". Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 103 (27): 10163–10165. doi:10.1073/pnas.0604639103. PMC 1502428. PMID 16801530.
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