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Tapan K. Bera, PhD

Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH

COMMENTS

Dr. Polansky's book, Microcompetition with Foreign DNA and the Origin of Chronic Disease gives a chance for the reader to think in an unconventional way about the cause of chronic diseases. Dr. Polansky compiled published data and tried to explain in a unique way, how a normal cell reacts after acquiring any foreign DNA, such as viral DNA or mutational alteration within the self-genome. The book covers a wide range of topics but more importantly, includes numerous examples and original data from the published articles. In my opinion, this book will be a valuable resource for medical research and drug design as well as for the field of targeted therapy of a wide variety of diseases, including cancer. I highly recommend this book to the entire scientific community.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Tapan K. Bera received his B.S. in Chemistry and his M.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta, India. He received his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley for his postdoctoral training in the Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. He completed his research training at
the National Cancer Institute, NIH, with Dr. Ira Pastan and has held the position of Staff Scientist there since 1999. The main goal of Dr. Bera's research is to develop an immunotoxin for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

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