Katherine Turner

Katherine A. Turner, B.S. is a graduate student at Cleveland State University enrolled in their doctoral Clinical-Bioanalytical Chemistry Program.  In the lab Dr. Michael Kalafatis, her thesis work involves the evaluation of the cytokine TRAIL as an anti-cancer therapy including the study of TRAIL resistance and the use of “mother nature”-derived compounds as potential co-treatments for TRAIL.

Scientific Shorts

• Revival of TRAIL as a cancer therapeutic: Can pre-treatment analysis of biopsied tumors give hope for the clinical use of TRAIL?