Lewis C. Cantley
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Gender | Male |
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Awards | Canada Gairdner International Award |
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | |
Wolf Prize in Medicine | |
Heinrich Wieland Prize | |
Born | West Virginia |
United States | |
H index | 223 |
Notable student | Jason Locasale |
Academic advisor | Gordon Hammes |
Interests | Cancer |
Metabolism | |
Signal Transduction | |
PI 3-Kinase | |
Protein Kinases | |
Education | Cornell University |
West Virginia Wesleyan College | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 805147 |
Lewis C. Cantley Life story
Lewis C. Cantley is an American cell biologist and biochemist who has made significant advances to the understanding of cancer metabolism. Among his most notable contributions are the discovery and study of the enzyme PI-3-kinase, now known to be important to understanding cancer and diabetes mellitus.