Peter M. Glazer MD, PhD
Robert E. Hunter Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Professor of Genetics; Chair, Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentYale Medical Group
Cancer Center, Yale
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Therapeutic Radiology: Radiobiology | Clinical Faculty
Genetics
Molecular Virology
Radiobiology and Radiotherapy
Research Interests
Gene targeting and gene therapy; Genetic instability in cancer; Mutagenesis; DNA repair; Radiation resistance; Cellular responses to radiation
Clinical Interests
General radiation therapy; breast cancer; prostate cancer; lung cancer
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Education
- M.D., Yale University , 1987
- Ph.D., Yale University , 1987
Selected Publication
- Hansen JE, Chan G, Liu Y, Hegan DC, Dalal S, Dray E, Kwon Y, Xu Y, Xu X, Peterson-Roth E, Geiger E, Liu Y, Gera J, Sweasy JB, Sung P, Rockwell S, Nishimura RN, Weisbart RH and Glazer PM: Targeting cancer with a lupus autoantibody. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Oct 24;4 (157) :157ra142. PMID: 23100628
Articles
Jan/Feb 2010
‘Stimulus package’ grants saving jobs, building infrastructure, advancing research at Yale
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), colloquially known as “the stimulus package,”...
Nov/Dec 2012
Damaging in lupus, useful in cancer ...
An antibody generated in lupus can weaken or kill tumor cells, offering both a new type of cancer treatment and an...
Nov/Dec 2008
A novel fix-it kit for faulty genes
Blood diseases like thalassemia and sickle cell anemia result from mutations in single genes, but gene-based therapies...
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