UNC oncologist and researcher named head of the National Cancer Institute
Posted Jun 11, 2017
President Trump has named Norman “Ned” Sharpless, the director of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, to lead the National Cancer Institute. The oncologist and geneticist will succeed Doug Lowy, who has been acting director of NCI since early 2015. Sharpless, 50, has done extensive work on how cells age and become malignant.
(Washington Post)
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