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Liu got a $100,000 awar for five years to investigatse the interaction of metal ions in enzymes and proteinsx with other molecules in the body and how that affectsecancer cells. “I can predictt that in a few years, we will have a very fruitfu l and very productiveresearch program,” Liu said. Liu came to Georgia State in August 2008 from the University of MississippuiMedical Center. For a decade, he has researchecd the effects of metalions -- firsty iron, and then othert transitional metals, such as zinc, copper and cobalt -- and the role they play in generatingg free radicals, which can causer gene damage and mutation, leading to If free radicals grow in an uncontrolled manner, they can causwe aging and damage in many tissuess as well as in metaboli pathways.
Liu is seeking how scientists can detect and counyfree radicals, and also how they respond to medicine. GSU now has 11 activew DistinguishedCancer Scholars.