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The course uses two texts, Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics, by Dr. Lauren Pecorino, and The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Dr. Shiddhartha Mukherjee. Course instructors are Stamford residents Dr. Edward Tucker and Paula Hanson. Dr. Tucker, a biology professor, has taught the course as part of a team to undergraduate students who are non-biology majors at The City University of New York (CUNY). Ms. Hanson, who has had experience with cancer over the past 10 years, is a writer and editor. Journalist Carl Rollyson, who teaches the CUNY course with Dr. Tucker, noted, “(in the course) we came to an understanding of how science and medicine are just beginning to comprehend how cancer develops. We are a long way from winning the war on cancer – indeed, calling it a war, as we have come to realize, is a mistaken metaphor. It is not a matter of winning or losing, but of doing the hard but very rewarding work of understanding how a disease that manifests itself in so many different guises can be managed and, in certain cases, cured.” The course will meet on Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm beginning on January 19 at the Episcopal Church of Christ the Healer. The church is located at 20 Brookdale Road in Stamford, on the corner of High Ridge and Brookdale Roads, 1.5 miles north of Exit 35 on the Merritt Parkway. Cost of the course is $200, which covers all materials, including the two textbooks. Enrollment is limited to 20 students. Limited scholarship assistance is available. More information and application forms can be obtained through www.christthehealerstamford.org, or by calling the church office at 203.322.6991. © Copyright by NorwalkPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of NorwalkPlus.com, Norwalk Plus magazine, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. Articles may have been edited for brevity and grammar. Note: We reserve the right to delete posts at any time if we decide that they are offensive or distasteful. CURRENT HEADLINES: Top of Page |
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