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Science & Medicine

Mark Greene

Who

Mark Greene · Science & Medicine

What

Cancer researcher, oncogene and receptor biology

Where

Canada · United States

Biography

Mark Greene is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Cancer researcher, oncogene and receptor biology

How & why

Mark I. Greene is a physician-scientist and the John Eckman Professor at the University of Pennsylvania whose laboratory made foundational discoveries about the neu (HER2/erbB) receptor family, showing how these receptors drive cancer cell growth. His work on receptor heterodimerization helped lay the scientific basis for targeted therapies against advanced breast cancer. Greene is documented among Jewish biomedical scientists.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

Contributions & Sources

Cancer researcher, oncogene and receptor biology

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science