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The inaugural Lasker Lecture, «Reading the Human Genome: Genes and Brains,» was delivered by Sydney Brenner to an overflow audience at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on November 16, 2009.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on Tuesday announced the official opening of a first - of - its - kind clinic dedicated to providing immunotherapies for cancer patients in clinical trials.

The work of Harald zur Hausen and Lutz Gissmann of the German Cancer Research Center on human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer of the cervix, was recognized by the Warren Alpert Foundation prior to their receiving the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

she asked a packed room of researchers, patients, survivors and patient advocates at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on Monday.

Recent past honorees include Julian Adams of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Alfred Goldberg of Harvard Medical School and Kenneth Anderson and Paul Richardson, both of Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, for the development of bortezomib, a drug that has altered the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with multiple myeloma; Alain Carpentier of Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris and Robert S. Langer of MIT for innovations in bioengineering; and the work of Harald zur Hausen and Lutz Gissmann of the German Cancer Research Center on human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer of the cervix, which was recognized by the WAFP prior to their receiving the Nobel Prize.

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It is partnering with Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center and others on research.

Curbing our meat consumption could do the same, which is why organizations like the American Institute for Cancer Research and the American College of Cardiology advise centering our plates on plants to reduce risk of chronic illnesses.

Taub's first grant, in 2005, specified that the money would be used to fund research related to cancers caused by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Future resources from the NCI Center for Cancer Genomics (CCG), which oversees TCGA and other activities, will support more translationally focused research, including databases with genomic information on clinical samples linked to outcomes of their patient donors.

Consequently, I fell behind on my residency application; instead I sought a 3 - year fellowship sponsored by the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, and carried on with my research project as a Wilmot Cancer Researchresearch project as a Wilmot Cancer ResearchResearch Fellow.

The Czech - born psychiatrist conducted dozens of government - sanctioned LSD experiments in the»50s,»60s, and early»70s on heroin addicts, alcoholics, and terminal cancer patients in his native Prague and later at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a mental health facility in Catonsville, Maryland, where he was chief of psychiatric rResearch Center, a mental health facility in Catonsville, Maryland, where he was chief of psychiatric researchresearch.

Zur Hausen, of the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University, says he wasn't aware he was on the list, and that to the best of his knowledge he has never even reviewed a paper for Tumor Biology.

M.I.T. held a groundbreaking last week for the new institute, which will replace its Center for Cancer Research that dates back to the days of President Richard Nixon's war on cancer in the early Cancer Research that dates back to the days of President Richard Nixon's war on cancer in the early cancer in the early 1970s.

In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Roland Schüle and his team at the Center of Clinical Research of the Freiburg University Medical Center, the scientists were able to test several epigenetic inhibitors that had been newly developed by Schüle and his team on the cancer stem cell model.

«Based on epidemiological studies, the 9vHPV vaccine could prevent approximately 90 percent of cervical cancer, 90 percent of HPV - related vulvar and vaginal cancer, 70 to 85 percent of high - grade cervical disease in females, and approximately 90 percent of HPV - related anal cancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at Mocancer, 90 percent of HPV - related vulvar and vaginal cancer, 70 to 85 percent of high - grade cervical disease in females, and approximately 90 percent of HPV - related anal cancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at Mocancer, 70 to 85 percent of high - grade cervical disease in females, and approximately 90 percent of HPV - related anal cancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at Mocancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at MoCancer at Moffitt.

SWOG biostatistician Joseph Unger, Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, led the work and will present it on a June 5 ASCO panel.

Allison, chair of the immunology department at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and executive director of its research center on immunotherapy, spoke with Scientific American about the future prospects and limitations of immunothCenter in Houston and executive director of its research center on immunotherapy, spoke with Scientific American about the future prospects and limitations of immunothcenter on immunotherapy, spoke with Scientific American about the future prospects and limitations of immunotherapy.

«However, a problem with almost all research on hematopoiesis in past decades is that it has been restricted to experiments in culture or using transplantation into mice,» says Professor Hans - Reimer Rodewald from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrumresearch on hematopoiesis in past decades is that it has been restricted to experiments in culture or using transplantation into mice,» says Professor Hans - Reimer Rodewald from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches KrebsforschungszentrumResearch Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ).

«It was kind of fun being at a medical school and known as the weird guy who worked with dogs,» says Modiano, who is now a professor of comparative oncology at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and the Masonic Cancer Center, where his research focuses on immunology, cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene thCancer Center, where his research focuses on immunology, cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene thcancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene thcancer genetics, and applications of gene therapy.

Don Diamond, a virologist at the City of Hope Cancer Center near Los Angeles, agrees: his extensive research on CMV and cancer has convinced him the virus does not cause tCancer Center near Los Angeles, agrees: his extensive research on CMV and cancer has convinced him the virus does not cause tcancer has convinced him the virus does not cause tumors.

• Monday on ScienceInsider, Eliot Marshall wrote about a $ 540 million gift from the Daniel K. Ludwig Trust to Ludwig cancer centers at six research institutions: «Harvard Medical School in Boston; Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; the Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; Stanford University in Palo Alto; and the University of Chicago.&cancer centers at six research institutions: «Harvard Medical School in Boston; Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; the Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; Stanford University in Palo Alto; and the University of Chicago.&Cancer Center in New York City; Stanford University in Palo Alto; and the University of Chicago.»

Individual European institutions that address these skills, such as the German Cancer Research Center and the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), often focus on communication skills.

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have developed a way to equip mouse blood stem cells with a fluorescent marker that can be switched on from the outside.

Research teams focused on both cutaneous and uveal melanoma are fast - tracking discoveries into the clinical setting, and bringing novel therapeutic options to patients in the Philadelphia region,» said Karen Knudsen, Director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.

«While the presence of lymphocytes in tumors is often associated with better clinical outcomes, this research adds clarity on the diversity of T cells within the tumor environment and their influence on ovarian cancer outcomes,» says first author Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, Deputy Director, M. Steven Piver Professor and Chair of Gynecologic Oncology, and Executive Director of the Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park.

Besides working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, Meyer heads something called the DREAM challenges, contests that ask teams of computer scientists to solve outstanding biomedical problems, such as predicting the outcome of prostate cancer treatment based on clinical variables or detecting breast cancer from mammogram data.

«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both stcancer recurrence and mortality, and improve quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both stCancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both stCancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.

This makes the development of an effective vaccine to protect against infection, as well as antiviral therapy to combat already - existing infections, particularly challenging,» says Dr. Grant Hansman, a virologist who leads the CHS Research Group on Noroviruses at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University.

Networks or not, doctors and health officials also have to decide how to treat patients based on published research that could be overturned, notes oncologist Benjamin Djulbegovic of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute iresearch that could be overturned, notes oncologist Benjamin Djulbegovic of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute iResearch Institute in Tampa.

In the most comprehensive study ever on the impact of smoking on cardiovascular disease in older people, epidemiologist Dr. Ute Mons from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) analyzed 25 individual studies, compiling data from over half a million individuals age 60 and older.

Jeroen Roelofs, assistant professor in the Division of Biology and a research affiliate with the university's Johnson Cancer Research Center, led a study on a specific step in the assembly of protresearch affiliate with the university's Johnson Cancer Research Center, led a study on a specific step in the assembly of protResearch Center, led a study on a specific step in the assembly of proteasomes.

On the other side of the world, Furberg and kidney specialist Ari Hakimi, also at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, came across the obesity paradox in their research.

«Other studies have looked at racial disparities in treatment and still others have focused on racial differences in survival rates of cancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer patients, but our research attempted to go further by demonstrating the impact of race - based inequalities in cancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer treatment on survival rates of black colorectal cancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Ccancer patients,» said James D. Murphy, MD, MS, assistant professor and chief of the Radiation Oncology Gastrointestinal Tumor Service at UC San Diego Moores Cancer CCancer Center.

A search of the CRISP database of NIH - funded research projects on three key words — mutant, androgen, and receptor — yields 24 projects funded since 1999 by nine different NIH institutes: the National Cancer Institute (eight projects), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, three projects), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (three projects), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (two projects), and the National Center for Research Resources (two prresearch projects on three key words — mutant, androgen, and receptor — yields 24 projects funded since 1999 by nine different NIH institutes: the National Cancer Institute (eight projects), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, three projects), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (three projects), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (two projects), and the National Center for Research Resources (two prResearch Resources (two projects).

Craig Thompson, president of the Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, yesterday was hit with a second lawsuit alleging that he made an improper business deal to exploit his research on the metabolism of cancer Cancer Center in New York City, yesterday was hit with a second lawsuit alleging that he made an improper business deal to exploit his research on the metabolism of cancer cancer cells.

Screening for colorectal cancer based on age alone may contribute to both underuse and overuse of the tests among older patients, according to a study by investigators at the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research.

Her research is both translational and clinical in nature and centers on the human genetics of healthy skin aging and diseases related to aging skin, including new treatments for advanced basal cell skin cancers.

«We challenged a current dogma in the field that emphasized PLK1's role in mitosis (cell division) as a primary mechanism for cancer growth,» says Zheng Fu, Ph.D., lead investigator on the study, member of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medcancer growth,» says Zheng Fu, Ph.D., lead investigator on the study, member of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of MedCancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey Cancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of MedCancer Center and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medicine.

Zur Hausen, former scientific director of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, went on to isolate another strain, HPV - 18, which is responsible for another 17 to 23 percent of cases.

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.

Manabu Kurokawa and his team conduct their research on breast cancer at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon and Hanover, New Hampcancer at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Lebanon and Hanover, New HampCancer Center in Lebanon and Hanover, New Hampshire.

Young people across the United States who smoke electronic cigarettes are considerably more likely to start smoking traditional cigarettes within a year than their peers who do not smoke e-cigarettes, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health (CRMTH) and the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

But how our personal genetic variations modify the effects of diet on disease has not yet been thoroughly investigated, said senior author Ulrike Peters, Ph.D., M.P.H, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Public Health Sciences Division.

Now researchers working on canine cancer have an authenticated resource similar to what's available for human cancers,» says Daniel L. Gustafson, PhD, CU Cancer Center investigator and director for basic research at the Flint Animal Cancer Ccancer have an authenticated resource similar to what's available for human cancers,» says Daniel L. Gustafson, PhD, CU Cancer Center investigator and director for basic research at the Flint Animal Cancer CCancer Center investigator and director for basic research at the Flint Animal Cancer CCancer Center.

Co-senior author on the Cancer Cell study, Dr. Matthew Wilkerson, associate professor and Bioinformatics Director of The American Genome Center and the Collaborative Health Initiative Research Program at the Uniformed Services University.

Through funding from the State of Florida and the newly established Florida Academic Cancer Center Alliance, Moffitt researchers plan to further their research on IPMNs by partnering with researchers from the University of Florida Health Cancer Center and the University of Miami / Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

This new partnership, called the Florida Pancreas Collaborative, represents the first state - wide multi-cancer center collaboration dedicated to conducting research on IPMNs with the ultimate goal of promoting the prevention and early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Before joining the Center, he worked as a scientific researcher in the Oregon Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, studying the links between exposure to environmental toxicants and cancer.

The collection contains over 20,000 different samples of Salmonella, with half of the samples housed at the Cancer Research Center where researchers affiliated with MU focus on three areas of cancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemothCancer Research Center where researchers affiliated with MU focus on three areas of cancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemoResearch Center where researchers affiliated with MU focus on three areas of cancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemothcancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemoresearch: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemotherapy.

OSR Grants and Contracts Officers works collaboratively with the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) Clinical Research Management Office (CRMO) on LCCC clinical trial contract and budget negotiation, including spending account and sub-site setup.