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Kun Zhang

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Name: Kun Zhang

 

Department: Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology

Department Website: http://www.dentistry.vcu.edu/departments/philips/philips_hom...

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Address: 520 North 12th Street
PO Box 980566
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0566

 

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Expertise: Dr. Zhang’s research was focused on host factors that regulate herpesvirus-associated cancers. His current research interest focuses on MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma (NB), which is one of the deadliest subtypes of pediatric cancer. Ongoing study will characterize the ability of MYCN to suppress ferroptosis in neuroblastoma and identify the synthetic lethal ferroptosis resistance mechanisms in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma, and evaluated novel ferroptotic combination therapies in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma mouse models.

 

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