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Science 16 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5780, p. 1595
DOI: 10.1126/science.312.5780.1595d
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THE VALUE OF RESEARCH. Molecular biologist Anita Roberts, who studied the role of TGF-beta in the progression of cancer and wound healing, died of gastric cancer at her home in Bethesda, Maryland, on 26 May. She was 64.

A researcher at the National Cancer Institute, Roberts wrote extensively about her experiences as a patient (www.anitaroberts.net/blog). She offered this insight in an interview for the spring 2006 issue of CR, a publication of the American Association of Cancer Research: "When I was first diagnosed with this cancer, I was so angry about my research. I thought: 'What have I been doing for 25 years? Who cares what compound binds to what piece of DNA?' That lasted about a week. Then I realized we now have drugs based on what we understand from our basic research."

CREDIT: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE




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