New CEO taking Comprehensive Cancer Center to new level [Video]

PLANS TO EXPAND CARE FOR NEW MEXICANS. IT’S A IT’S A GREAT HONOR AND A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. DR. YOLANDA SANCHEZ HAS BEEN CEO OF THE UNM COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER FOR ABOUT HALF A YEAR, AND ALREADY SHE’S CONTRIBUTING CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH. SHE BEGAN RESEARCHING DECADES AGO, FOCUSED ON GENERAL MEDICINE. BUT WHEN HER MENTOR SHIFTED TO CANCER RESEARCH, SO DID SHE. MY PROJECT BECAME A CANCER PROJECT THEN, AND. AND I WAS HOOKED. AND I’VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THEN. DR. SANCHEZ EXPLAINS HER BREAKTHROUGH WITH A CAR ANALOGY. THE PROJECT WAS TO TAKE A CHROMOSOME, WHICH HAS A LOT OF GENES FROM A NORMAL CELL AND MOVE IT INTO A TUMOR CELL. AND IF IT WAS IF THE GENE THAT WAS MISSING WAS ON THAT CHROMOSOME, THEN IT WOULD BE RESTORED IN THE TUMOR CELL. AND THE CELLS COULD NOT MAKE A TUMOR ANYMORE. IT WAS LIKE YOU WERE …