Dr. Robert Lafrenie
Ph. D
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada
Canada
Biography
Dr. Lafrenie supervises and trains many students completing their Masters and PhD degrees. One of his students has shown that treatment of cancer cells with flaxseed oil (also known as linseed oil) strongly inhibits their growth and promotes cancer cell death. Another student has demonstrated that electromagnetic fields have the potential to reduce tumour growth and has found that unlike chemical treatments (i.e. chemotherapy) that are strongly dependent on the vascular system for delivery, extremely low frequency magnetic fields directly penetrate tissue. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Lafrenie then attended McMaster University for his Masters and PhD degrees in Medical Sciences. He was a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Dental Research and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Lafrenie is currently the Laboratory Director at the Northeast Cancer Center. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, and Program in Biomolecular Sciences at Laurentian University. He is also an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
Research Interest
Cancer, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biology
Publications
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Dotta BT, Buckner CA, Cameron D, Lafrenie RM, Persinger MA. Photon emissions from cell cultures: Biochemical evidence for the plasma membrane as the primary source. General Physiology and Biophysics 30: 301-309, 2011.
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Young, SD, Lafrenie RM, Clemons, MJ. Phase II trial of a metronomic schedule of docetaxel and capecitabine with concurrent Celecoxib in patients with prior anthracycline exposure for metastatic breast cancer. Current Oncology 19: e75-e83, 2012.
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Murugan N, Karbowski L, Lafrenie RM, Persinger MA. Temporally-patterned magnetic fields induce complete fragmentation in planaria. PLOS One 19;8(4):e61714, 2013
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Buckner CA, Buckner AL, Koren SA, Persinger MA, Lafrenie RM. Inhibition of cancer cell growth by exposure to a specific time-varying electromagnetic field involved T-type calcium channels. PLOS One 14;10(4):e0124136, 2015.
