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Loren D. Walensky, MD, PhD

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Departments/Divisions
Hematology/Oncology
Medicine

Specialty
oncology

Service/Program
Oncology

Clinical Title
Attending Physician

Academic Appointment
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification(s)
Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

 
Research Activities

  • Molecular Oncology, Apoptosis, Peptidomimetics as Therapeutics and Biological Probes
    • Effect of different BH3 domains on apoptosis (Cancer Cell 2:183, 2002)
    • Use of a chemically stabilized (“stapled”) activation helix of the proapoptotic protein BID for the treatment of leukemia (Science 305: 1466, 2004)
       
    • Cancer Chemical Biology, Apoptosis, Developmental Therapeutics and Biological Probes
      • Design and synthesis of a chemically stabilized peptide helix of the pro-apoptotic protein BID for the treatment of leukemia (Science 305:1466, 2004)
      • Discovery of a trigger site on the pro-apoptotic protein BAX, a novel target for therapeutic modulation of cell death (Nature 455:1076-81, 2008)

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    Loren D. Walensky, MD, PhD  
       

    Contact Information

    Primary Office Location
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Department of Pediatric Oncology
    44 Binney Street
    Boston, MA  02115
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    Phone: 617-632-6794
    Fax: 617-632-6845

    Other Office Location
    Children's Hospital Boston


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