Jerry has an interest in the relationships between aging and cancer and focus on the role of the telomeres and telomerase in these processes. They have developed telomerase inhibitors that are now in advanced cancer clinical trials. They immortalize human epithelial cells with telomerase to experimentally transform normal cells to cancer by introducing gain and loss of function genes known to be mutated in cancer.

Skills and Expertise

Stem Cells

Stem Cell Biology

Regenerative Medicine

Tissue Engineering

Cancer Biology

Cell Proliferation

Primary Cell Culture

Human Cell Culture

Tissue Culture

Tumors