[Mitworld] New: Novartis' Vasella on Innovation, Samson on Cancer

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 7 | October 26, 2006
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[LEADING INNOVATION]

Vasella takes us through the development of Gleevec, one of Novartis'
signature products to demonstrate the challenges of modern drug
development.

SPEAKER:
Daniel Vasella
Chairman and CEO, Novartis


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/388/>

[QUOTE]
"Scientists must have the ambition to discover and bring to patients
better new drugs. They must tolerate failure, because failure is more
often their daily bread than success."

--Daniel Vasella


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[DNA MUTATION, REPAIR AND THE ENVIRONMENT]

In part 3 of this 11-part course, Samson explains how carcinogens can
damage DNA and lead to the growth of cancerous cells.

SPEAKER:
Leona Samson
Director, Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Professor of Toxicology, and Biological Engineering
Ellison American Cancer Society Professor


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/387/>

[QUOTE]
"Eventually, we'll be able to take a tumor and know every gene that's
different in that tumor from a normal cell."

--Leona Samson


EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
<http://web.mit.edu/science/>

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