BYU Cancer Research Center

Brigham Young University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The laboratory's research focuses on signal transduction in the cancer cell.

In particular, we are interested in a group of genes we have cloned that are activated during cell division. Our research determined that one of these genes encodes a previously undescribed cyclooxygenase, a critical enzyme involved in the synthesis of prostaglandins and thromboxane. These fatty-acid derived molecules are hormone-like messengers that play a role in many critical physiological proc  ...