TAF Class of 2024 Winners - Henri Tiedge & Valerio Berardi - Downstate Health Sciences University

RNA Therapeutics for Breast Cancer: Despite improvements in therapeutic interventions, breast cancer remains a major cause of cancer mortality among women. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University researchers Henri Tiedge and Valerio Berardi developed new therapeutics that target BC200 RNA, a small non-coding RNA demonstrated to be a driver of breast cancer transformation and progression.