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LA JOLLA\u2014Profesor Asistente Christina Towers<\/a> ha sido nombrado 2022 Becario Pew-Stewart para la Investigaci\u00f3n del C\u00e1ncer<\/a> como parte de una asociaci\u00f3n entre The Pew Charitable Trusts y la Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust. Towers se encuentra entre los seis cient\u00edficos de principios de carrera de este a\u00f1o que recibir\u00e1n cada uno $300.000 durante los pr\u00f3ximos cuatro a\u00f1os para apoyar la investigaci\u00f3n centrada en una mejor comprensi\u00f3n de las causas, el diagn\u00f3stico y el tratamiento del c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n

\"Christina
Christina Towers.
Haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> para obtener una imagen en alta resoluci\u00f3n.
Cr\u00e9dito: Instituto Salk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cChristie es una investigadora innovadora que contin\u00faa expandiendo los l\u00edmites en la comprensi\u00f3n de las bases biol\u00f3gicas del c\u00e1ncer\u201d, afirma el presidente del Salk Rusty Gage. <\/a>\u201cEstamos encantados y orgullosos de que su prometedor trabajo en procesos metab\u00f3licos del c\u00e1ncer sea reconocido por The Pew Charitable Trusts y The Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Towers, quien forma parte del NCI designado por Salk Centro Oncol\u00f3gico<\/a>, descubri\u00f3 que una subpoblaci\u00f3n de c\u00e9lulas cancerosas puede seguir sobreviviendo a pesar de la p\u00e9rdida de un proceso metab\u00f3lico vital. Estas c\u00e9lulas cancerosas pueden reciclar sus nutrientes junto con mitocondrias que generan energ\u00eda para crecer en ambientes pobres en nutrientes, como los tumores s\u00f3lidos, utilizando un proceso llamado autofagia. En su laboratorio, Towers examina un mecanismo que permite a las c\u00e9lulas en los tumores replicarse r\u00e1pidamente y resistir tratamientos con f\u00e1rmacos contra el c\u00e1ncer que se dirigen a estas v\u00edas de autofagia. Mediante una combinaci\u00f3n de t\u00e9cnicas, su objetivo es identificar las mejores maneras de atacar las v\u00edas de reciclaje utilizadas por las c\u00e9lulas cancerosas. Su investigaci\u00f3n puede conducir al desarrollo de nuevas terapias contra el c\u00e1ncer que mejoren los resultados y la supervivencia de los pacientes.<\/p>\n

Como Becaria Pew-Stewart, Towers ampliar\u00e1 la comprensi\u00f3n de los cient\u00edficos sobre la autofagia y c\u00f3mo las c\u00e9lulas cancerosas se adaptan cuando esta v\u00eda se bloquea. Explorar\u00e1 si estas c\u00e9lulas est\u00e1n preparadas para sobrevivir a trav\u00e9s de mecanismos inherentes preexistentes o si desarrollan esta caracter\u00edstica en respuesta a se\u00f1ales ambientales. Towers tambi\u00e9n utilizar\u00e1 la financiaci\u00f3n de este premio para desarrollar una herramienta que bloquee la autofagia mediante manipulaci\u00f3n gen\u00e9tica basada en luz, lo que ayudar\u00e1 a los cient\u00edficos a rastrear la rapidez con la que las c\u00e9lulas se adaptan cuando la autofagia se ve afectada.<\/p>\n

Towers ha recibido numerosos premios, entre ellos un Pathway to Independence Award de los NIH, un Cancer League of Colorado Pilot Award, una beca postdoctoral de la American Cancer Society, dos becas NRSA NIH T32, una beca UNCF\/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship, una beca de posgrado NIH R0-1 Diversity Supplement Fellowship y tres premios UC Department of Pharmacology Excellence in Research Awards, entre muchos otros. Tambi\u00e9n fue nombrada recientemente miembro de Keystone Symposia 2022.<\/p>\n

El Programa de Becas Pew-Stewart para la Investigaci\u00f3n del C\u00e1ncer es una iniciativa nacional dise\u00f1ada para apoyar a cient\u00edficos prometedores en el inicio de sus carreras cuya investigaci\u00f3n acelerar\u00e1 el descubrimiento y avanzar\u00e1 el progreso hacia una cura para el c\u00e1ncer. Los Becarios Pew-Stewart tienen un potencial tremendo para resolver algunos de los desaf\u00edos m\u00e1s importantes del c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n

Acerca de los fideicomisos:<\/strong>
\nEstablecida en 1948, The Pew Charitable Trusts es una organizaci\u00f3n no gubernamental global que busca mejorar las pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas, informar al p\u00fablico y revitalizar la vida c\u00edvica. Impulsados por el poder del conocimiento, los Trusts buscan resolver los problemas m\u00e1s desafiantes de la actualidad. Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en\u00a0pewtrusts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

El Trust Alexander y Margaret Stewart es una fundaci\u00f3n ben\u00e9fica que brinda apoyo a cient\u00edficos innovadores que investigan el c\u00e1ncer, a organizaciones excepcionales sin fines de lucro que se esfuerzan por mejorar la calidad de vida de personas con c\u00e1ncer y enfermedades pedi\u00e1tricas. El Trust est\u00e1 comprometido con el descubrimiento de m\u00e9todos seguros y efectivos para detectar, tratar y, en \u00faltima instancia, curar el c\u00e1ncer. Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en\u00a0stewart-trust.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acerca del Instituto Salk de Estudios Biol\u00f3gicos:<\/strong>
\nToda cura tiene un punto de partida. El Instituto Salk encarna la misi\u00f3n de Jonas Salk de atreverse a convertir los sue\u00f1os en realidad. Sus cient\u00edficos, de renombre internacional y galardonados, exploran los cimientos mismos de la vida, buscando nuevos entendimientos en neurociencia, gen\u00e9tica, inmunolog\u00eda, biolog\u00eda vegetal y m\u00e1s. El Instituto es una organizaci\u00f3n independiente sin fines de lucro y un hito arquitect\u00f3nico: peque\u00f1o por elecci\u00f3n, \u00edntimo por naturaleza y audaz ante cualquier desaf\u00edo. Ya sea c\u00e1ncer o Alzheimer, envejecimiento o diabetes, el Salk es donde comienzan las curas. 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