Public radio program features chemistry faculty member discussing research into easing side effects of harsh chemotherapy drug

Radford University Associate Professor of Chemistry Kim Lane is appearing this week on the With Good Reason public radio program.

In a recorded interview, Lane speaks about how she and a team of student researchers at the university are exploring ways to ease the side effects of a potent chemotherapy drug used against colon cancer.

At Radford University, Lane’s research delves into the “determination and analysis of protein structures, including prenyltransferase and bacterial b-glucuronidase, whose substrates and products have been implicated in the occurrence and/or treatment of human cancers.”

The interview with Lane is scheduled to be broadcast through Aug. 24 on more than 60 With Good Reason stations across the United States. Listeners in the New River Valley can hear the show at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 21 on Public Radio WVRU 89.9.

Programs are available as podcasts at withgoodreasonradio.org.

With Good Reason is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium and is broadcast on public radio stations in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

With Good Reason has won five Gabriel Awards for Best Documentary or Public Affairs Programs, and is the recipient of top honors from the Public Radio News Directors, Radio and Television Digital News Association and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters.