Sridhar Ramaswamy, MD, Tucker Gosnell Investigator and Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, discusses targeting dormant cancer cells and the possible role that they play in the development of drug resistance. Dormant cells appear in most patients with tumors. These cells are not rapidly proliferating and remain largely inactive. While these cells sleep, they are highly resistant to most types of therapy. Dormant cancer cells are intrinsically intriguing because the number of inherent mutations would denote that the cells should be rapidly proliferating. The mechanism that allows them to switch between dormant and active is yet unknown. The goal of the research is to discover the underlying cause of the dormancy, tumor progression, and the mechanism of resistance to various types of therapy.

Show Information Air Date: January 20, 2012 Host: Jim Schneider Guest: Troy Newman Troy Newman is President of Operation Rescue, one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation. He's been involved in pro-life activities since 1991. In 1998 he became the leader of Operation Rescue and in 2002 he moved his ministry offices to Wichita, Kansas, where he worked to expose abortion abuses at George Tiller's Women's Health Care Services. Today, abortion is the leading cause of death in America, outpacing even death by heart disease. The total number of deaths by abortion is estimated to be approximately 50 million since 1973. That means this Sunday marks the 39th anniversary of the infamous Roe vs. Wade decision, a decision that gave sanction to abortion during all stages of development. Troy and Jim look at why the tide is turning, the Dr. Nicola Riley/Dr. Steven Brigham abortion case, the Kermit Gosnell live birth abortion murder case, the recent wave of pro-life legislation and Troy describes an interesting new website from Operation Rescue that can be viewed at www.abortiondocs.org. More Information: Operation Rescue www.operationrescue.org