Expert in cancer and aging joins Johns Hopkins as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor – By Katie Pearce Ashani Weeraratna holds appointments in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the School of Medicine, and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Source: THE HUB In the world of cancer research, Ashani Weeraratna is known for making breakthroughs. In 2002, for instance, a paper she co-wrote challenged some of the established beliefs about the signals that drive the spread of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. The surprising findings from the study rattled many researchers in the field. “I was a postdoc, and the signaling pathway we discovered played an unexpected role in cancer,” she recalls. “But the data were there.” Later, Weeraratna’s work led her down a path of cancer research that, despite its utmost relevance, remains underdeveloped: examining the role that aging plays. Image caption:Ashani “Ashi” Weeraratna IMAGE CREDIT: ...

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