Victor Velculescu
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Victor E. Velculescu is a Romania
n/American doctor and scientist. He is Associate Professor of Oncology
and Co-Director of Cancer Biology at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins University.
After graduating from Stanford University
with a B.S. in Biological Sciences, he enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D program at The Johns Hopkins University. Velculescu and his team gained international recognition after identifying the genes that cause breast cancer
and colon cancer. His research aims have been focused on identifying genes that underlie human cancer and using this information to develop novel approaches for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. He also invented the SAGE
methodology for detecting gene expression from multiple genes in a single experiment.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n/American doctor and scientist. He is Associate Professor of Oncology
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
and Co-Director of Cancer Biology at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins University.
After graduating from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
with a B.S. in Biological Sciences, he enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D program at The Johns Hopkins University. Velculescu and his team gained international recognition after identifying the genes that cause breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
and colon cancer. His research aims have been focused on identifying genes that underlie human cancer and using this information to develop novel approaches for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. He also invented the SAGE
Serial Analysis of Gene Expression
Serial analysis of gene expression is a technique used by molecular biologists to produce a snapshot of the messenger RNA population in a sample of interest in the form of small tags that correspond to fragments of those transcripts. The original technique was developed by Dr. Victor Velculescu...
methodology for detecting gene expression from multiple genes in a single experiment.