Nadine Darwiche

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Title: From retinoids to DNA polymerase inhibition in cancer therapeutics

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Biography

Nadine Darwiche is a Professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department at the American University of Beirut/Lebanon. Her research focuses on cancer prevention and targeted cancer therapy using retinoids and terpenoids, and on the characterization of inhibitors of DNA polymerases. She is also interested in drug development from medicinal plants and drug formulations using nanoparticles. She teaches biochemistry and cancer-related courses, and advises graduate students focusing on cancer research. She is an active member of several cancer societies (American Association for Cancer Research- European Association for Cancer Research- Women in Cancer Research USA- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science). She is an associate editor and reviewer of several cancer-related journals and grants

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