Nobel Laureate Michael Bishop Discusses The Future of Cancer
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (3200 California St. San Francisco, CA 94118)
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The last date listed for The Future of Cancer was Wednesday October 21, 2009 / 8:00pm.
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Chef Gabrielle Hamilton (Blood, Butter and Bones) in Conversation
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Gabrielle Hamilton discusses her well-reviewed 2011 best-seller, Blood, Butter and Bones: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef with Barbara Lane. Chef/owner of the renowned Prune restaurant in New York City, Hamilton traces her unconventional journey to the top of the culinary food chain with prickly honesty and humor. The story starts out at a rural Pennsylvania farm watching her elegant French mother prepare meals, continues through a rough adolescence in New York, an eye-opening trip to Europe and beyond, which ingrained in her the link between cooking, comfort and kindness. Learn More
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In 1971, President Nixon declared war on cancer. Thirty-seven years later, cancer threatens to become the leading cause of death in developed nations. Have we lost? Former UCSF Chancellor and Nobel Prize-winner Michael Bishop says "no." The fundamental malady underlying cancer, malfunction of genes, has been identified, and we are poised to attack. Learn the short-and long-term strategies from a man on the cutting edge of medicine. Michael Krasny, PhD, hosts KQED's award-winning news and public affairs program "Forum".
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