Air date: October 18, 2009

Host: Kathy Miller, MD

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Interview: James Ford, MD,
Associate professor of medicine, genetics and pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine

We pick up today where we left off last week, with more news about one of the most encouraging threads of research into the causes and treatments for breast cancer.

It’s an enzyme that’s in all of our cells, called PARP, which stands for: Poly-a-d-p-ribose polymerase. You can see why it’s called PARP.

One doctor who has been studying PARP is James Ford.
He’s on the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine and is the co-author of a new study that has the breast cancer research community buzzing.

Additional Resources:

• Find out about cancer and genetic testing.
• Learn more about the PARP cancer drug study.

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