Mesmerizing the Immune System: How Sugars on Cells Help Drive Cancer - Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD 

Nobel Laureate Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, is widely lauded as the inventor of a new type of chemistry-one that allows researchers to study chemical reactions within live cells, rather than in test tubes, without disrupting the cell’s normal chemistry. Dr. Bertozzi uses this environment to study sugars on the surface of cells-sugars that not only whisper the presence of cancer, but actually control its development by mesmerizing the immune system into ignoring tumors. Learn how this landscape-altering discovery is fueling the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to help stop cancer in its tracks. Part of Stanford Medicine's event, Frontiers in Medicine 2023: frontiersinmedicine.stanford.edu.
Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute