Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D.

The Wistar Institute

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Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-898-9491

Introduction

Using a variety of genetic techniques, the laboratory of Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., is studying how certain viruses remain in a latent stage in host immune cells, and more importantly what biochemical pathways spark the virus to awaken and replicate. The viruses studied include Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.

Wistar Receives $4.7 M to Fight Cancers Caused by EBV

The Seeding Drug Discovery Award will support Dr. Lieberman's translational research.

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Featured Image: Horner Brass Microscope

The microscope in the image belonged to William E. Horner, M.D., a collaborator with Caspar Wistar, M.D., in the early 1800s.

Dr. Horner, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, was a pioneer of the use of microscopes in anatomical and medical research. He authored Special Anatomy and Histology, a seminal text on the subject.

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