Biography - Edward Winstead

Edward “Ted” Winstead has written about genes and genomes for more than a decade. He joined the NCI Cancer Bulletin in 2005 after being a reporter for Genome News Network, where he first wrote about the use of genomic tools in cancer research. Ted is a graduate of the Writing about Science program at Johns Hopkins University and a proud member of the NIH Bicycle Commuter Club. 

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Selected articles:

Busting a Myth about How Chemotherapy Works

Tackling the Complexity of Genes and Environments in Cancer

Charting a Course to Genome-Guided Cancer Medicine

After DES: Tracking the Harms of a Prenatal Drug Exposure

Building a Biobank to Explore Mysteries of the Genome

Searching for Clues to Obesity among the Body's Many Microbes