NIH Scientist to Lecture January
10
Len
Kohn, a scientist with the National
Institutes of Health, will deliver a
lecture on the thyroid gland and its role
in the development of Graves' disease and
other autoimmune diseases from 4 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10 in 106 Stocker
Center. The lecture is free and open to
the public.
Kohn,
an internationally recognized scientist in
the field of metabolic diseases, is chief
and medical director of the cell
regulation section of the metabolic
diseases branch of the National Institute
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases of the National Institutes of
Health. The researcher, who specializes in
thyroid dysfunction, is developing a
cellular-based technique to diagnose
Graves' disease.
Kohn's
lecture will cover the regulation of gene
expression in thyrocytes, and how it
relates to the development of Graves'
disease and other autoimmune diseases and
to immunosuppressive therapy.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this
release.
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