Undergraduate Researcher, Amy Reyes, Testing Novel Breast Cancer Drugs

Amy Reyes, a senior undergraduate chemistry minor, has been conducting novel breast cancer research under the guidance of Dr. Avik Roy of Simmaron Research Institute after being connected via Prof. Leggy Arnold. Amy has been working with Dr. Roy on the development of therapies to treat triple-negative breast cancer which adds a personal nature to the research as her mother is a breast cancer survivor. In Focus Article.

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