Dr. Anderson is a Senior Scientist with SAIC Frederick working in collaboration with the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology. He obtained his Ph. D. in 1986 from the University of Western Ontario and performed postdoctoral studies on natural killer cells at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Anderson was a project leader with the National Research Council of Canada before joining the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology in 1992.
The primary goal of this project is a complete understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanism of natural killer (NK) cell function, in particular, their ability to recognize and lyse tumor cells. A large portion of modern cancer research has focussed on the ability of the immune system to destroy cancer cells using tumor specific antibodies and immunomodulatory agents. A better understanding of the mode of NK cell tumor recognition will allow us to design novel anti-tumor therapies.
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