Jun.2 – 4 2010 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Cancers are diseases of evolution. Their high mutation rates makes them hard to treat because they rapidly generate drug resistance. Infectious diseases are also a struggle between evolving pathogens and our...
Aug.28 – 31 2010 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ The Sedona Workshop was held under the auspices of the Arizona State University Physical Sciences Oncology Center, and was the third in the series of focused workshops on different aspects of cancer. The core...
Oct.25 – 27 2010 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ The conjecture that quantum mechanics plays a key role in life dates back to the 1940s, and Erwin Schrödinger’s famous book “What is Life?” However, decades later, most scientists still assume that classical...
Jan.14 – 15 2011 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ The DNA in every human cell is about two metres long. Somehow it has to be packed into the tiny cell nucleus. Which presents nature with a problem: how can a thread so long be compacted without excessive...
May 19 – 20 2011 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Ninety per cent of cancer deaths occur when the neoplasm spreads beyond the primary tumor and invades other organs. This process, known as metastasis, normally signals a sharp deterioration in prognosis. The...