Sentences with phrase «cancer research discoveries»

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Her discovery of radium lead to the development of using X-rays in medicine, and Curie was at the forefront for cancer research, directing the first studies that used radiation to treat tumors.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — February 5, 2018 — FLX Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of oral small molecule drugs to activate the immune system against cancer, today announced the appointment of senior pharmaceutical research and development executive Michael F. Giordano, M.D., to its Board of Directors.

About MaRS Innovation MaRS Innovation is the commercialization agent for Ontario's exceptional discovery pipeline from 15 leading academic institutions, including Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), MaRS Discovery District, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and York University.

Looking at sixty - seven recent drug discovery projects based on preclinical cancer biology research, they found that in more than 75 percent of cases the published data did not match up with their in - house attempts to replicate.

While talking with the directors of discovery research, I was surprised to learn that cancer research actually had a lot in common with my area of expertise, and even more surprised that a director of cancer research would consider giving me the chance to prove I could make the transition from stroke to cancer research and from academia to industry.

The Abramson Cancer Center was renamed in 2002 after the Abramson family donated more than $ 100 million, stipulating that the money be used for cancer research and treatment and that the institute own all or part of the discoveries made Cancer Center was renamed in 2002 after the Abramson family donated more than $ 100 million, stipulating that the money be used for cancer research and treatment and that the institute own all or part of the discoveries made cancer research and treatment and that the institute own all or part of the discoveries made there.

This discovery is a result of research on the effects of ONA on a preclinical model of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) both in vivo and in vitro.

Guided by the new discoveries, supported by the Bergen Research Foundation's (BFS) Recruitment Programme, Halberg hopes to contribute to a better treatment of cancer patients.

The company also has a large research group involved in biomarker discovery for cancer.

The discovery «could open up a whole new field,» says Tomas Lindahl, a biochemist with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London.

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.

The Early Detection Initiative is an organizational structure within Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to acknowledge and support the many faculty who for years have devoted their research to the discovery of the most effective ways to find and treat cancer at its earliest sCancer Research Center to acknowledge and support the many faculty who for years have devoted their research to the discovery of the most effective ways to find and treat cancer at its earliestResearch Center to acknowledge and support the many faculty who for years have devoted their research to the discovery of the most effective ways to find and treat cancer at its earliestresearch to the discovery of the most effective ways to find and treat cancer at its earliest scancer at its earliest stages.

Published in the journal Cancer Research, the discovery has potential to lead to the development of a blood test that could predict whether cancer will spread from the prostate tumour to other parts of theCancer Research, the discovery has potential to lead to the development of a blood test that could predict whether cancer will spread from the prostate tumour to other parts of thecancer will spread from the prostate tumour to other parts of the body.

Still, von Eschenbach's message of bolstering links between «the three Ds: discovery, development, delivery» was welcome at a time when the NIH budget was booming, says cancer biologist Thomas Curran of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma — the most aggressive type of brain cCancer Research Institute (SACRI) have made a discovery that could prolong the life of people living with glioblastoma — the most aggressive type of brain cancercancer.

Armed with his first big discovery, Allison won a full professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became co-chair of the department of molecular and cell biology and director of the cancer research lab.

After a successful postdoc at the Ontario Cancer Institute, where he developed a proprietary platform for the discovery of novel cancer therapeutic agents, Bray was asked to join the former Amgen Research Institute in Toronto (now called the Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and no longer part of the parent company) as the head of their quantitative biology group and act as liaison to Amgen Inc. in CalifCancer Institute, where he developed a proprietary platform for the discovery of novel cancer therapeutic agents, Bray was asked to join the former Amgen Research Institute in Toronto (now called the Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and no longer part of the parent company) as the head of their quantitative biology group and act as liaison to Amgen Inc. in Califcancer therapeutic agents, Bray was asked to join the former Amgen Research Institute in Toronto (now called the Advanced Medical Discovery Institute and no longer part of the parent company) as the head of their quantitative biology group and act as liaison to Amgen Inc. in California.

A scientist from the NIH was one author of the paper describing the discovery, but Myriad Pharmaceuticals, which signed an exclusive licence with the University of Utah where the rest of the research was done, doesn't seem interested in sharing the profits if a breast cancer screening test is devised based on the discovery.

One factor is that the goals of obtaining a grant and making a breakthrough discovery are increasingly at odds, warn Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc W. Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; Shirley Tilghman, former president of Princeton University; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate and former director of the National Cancer Institute, in a highly publicized critique of U.S. biomedical research that was published in April 2014.

The discovery was made by researchers at the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University and was recently published online in the journal Acta Neuropathologica.

«Our discovery is particularly notable as we enter the era of personalized medicine,» said senior author Steffi Oesterreich, Ph.D., professor in Pitt's Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and at UPCI, a partner with UPMC CancerCenter, and director of education at the Women's Cancer Research Center.

«This study opens an entirely new area of discovery for many aspects of cell biology and biomedical research — how cancer cells metastasize, for example — and provides many new therapeutic targets,» said senior author Jack Dixon, PhD, professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine and associate vice chancellor of Scientific Affairs.

«As someone who researches pancreatic cancer, I think this discovery is significant because it defines mechanisms that lead to this cancer in ways that we didn't know about before,» says Firpo, who's also a member of the Pancreas Cancer Research Program and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Instcancer, I think this discovery is significant because it defines mechanisms that lead to this cancer in ways that we didn't know about before,» says Firpo, who's also a member of the Pancreas Cancer Research Program and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Instcancer in ways that we didn't know about before,» says Firpo, who's also a member of the Pancreas Cancer Research Program and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer InstCancer Research Program and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer InstCancer Institute.

During the webinar, our expert panel of researchers will discuss: • Strategies and technologies for successful cancer biomarker discovery through robust detection and analysis of miRNAs in biofluids • Research into analytic and biological variables that impact miRNA measurements in serum and plasma from the clinical pathologist's point of view • The novel application of miRNAs in serum as biomarkers of aging and chronic disease • The answers to questions submitted by the live, online viewers.

Research like this, that's made publically available, will help speed up crucial advances in drug discovery to save more lives from cancer.»

In a revolutionary approach the researchers from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute made the discovery by combining images from cancer samples with geneticCancer Research UK Cambridge Institute made the discovery by combining images from cancer samples with geneticcancer samples with genetic data.

«This is a very important discovery that will guide future research efforts to explore the interactions of these pigmentary genes with other genetic and environmental risk factors in cancers not linked to sun exposure, such as eye melanoma.

One of the most exciting recent advances in clinical cancer research was the discovery that this subgroup of patients respond — sometimes dramatically — to a new class of drugs targeting the MAPK pathway through which BRAF signals.

The journal Cancer Cell today published research led by Dr. Tak Mak mapping the path of discovery to developing a potential anticancer agent.

However, even 120 years after Reinbach's discovery, it still remained elusive whether or not eosinophils actively play a role in fighting the tumor,» says Prof. Günter Hämmerling from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ).

Dr Lara Bennett, Science Communications Manager at Worldwide Cancer Research added «This is another great example of the importance of early - stage, discovery rResearch added «This is another great example of the importance of early - stage, discovery researchresearch.

«Our findings point to two potential impacts from additional research — analyzing the diversity and composition of the microbiome to predict response to immunotherapy and modulating the gut microbiome to enhance treatment,» said Wargo, senior researcher on the project and co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

Because microRNAs help control processes throughout the body, this discovery has wide - ranging implications for development, health and disease, including cancer, the entry point for this research.

This advance in breast cancer research reflects the mission of Stem Cell Reports to provide an open - access forum that communicates basic discoveries in stem cell research as well as translational and clinical studies.

Dr Luca Peruzzotti - Jametti, the first author of the study and a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow, says: «We made this discovery by bringing together researchers from diverse fields including regenerative medicine, cancer, mitochondrial biology, inflammation and stroke and cellular reprogramming.

Research jointly conducted by investigators at Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm, Institut Pasteur and INRA (French National Agronomic Research Institute) has led to a rather surprising discovery on the manner in which cancer chemotherapy treatments act more effectively with the help of the intestinal flora (also known as the intestinal microbiota).

«Research aids discovery of genetic immune disorder: Immune molecule deficiency increases patients» risk of Epstein - Barr virus and EBV - related cancer.»

A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has made a discovery that suggests cancer cells benefit more from antioxidants than normal cells, raising concerns about the use of dietary antioxidants by patients with cancer.

There are currently 25 research groups in our school and areas of research in Biochemistry include membrane proteins, enzymology, folic acid biochemistry, structural biology, tRNA biology, neurochemistry, neurodegeneration, metabolism, systems biology, cancer biology, molecular parasitology, apoptosis and drug discovery.

The designation recognizes the Center's collaborative environment and expertise in harnessing translational research to bridge scientific discovery to clinical delivery, with the ultimate goal of successfully introducing novel diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive approaches to cancer.

His work came under scientific scrutiny beginning in 2007, but it was the discovery by The Cancer Letter in 2010 that he had claimed to be a Rhodes Scholar on a grant application that focused intense attention on his research.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is at the forefront of medical discovery as it relates to understanding the triggers of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia.

Join our Connecticut nonprofit biomedical research institute, which is focused on accelerating the discovery of precise genomic solutions for diseases like cancer, autism, diabetes and Alzheimer's.

An initial research concept (succinct description of the proposed research, description of the relevance of the proposed research to cancer immunology, description of how your proposed project bridges laboratory and clinical discovery), not to exceed 3 pages.

NEW YORK, August 29, 2016 — The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fueling the discovery and development of immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, announced today that it will honor biotechnology company Amgen with the 2016 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research at its September gala in New YorkCancer Research Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to fueling the discovery and development of immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, announced today that it will honor biotechnology company Amgen with the 2016 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research at its September gala in New Yorkcancer, announced today that it will honor biotechnology company Amgen with the 2016 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research at its September gala in New YorkCancer Research at its September gala in New York City.

Partnering with The Wistar Institute is one of the soundest investments you can make to advance biomedical research and potentially groundbreaking discoveries in cancer, vaccines and immunology.

Check out her blog post, as well as the video the ACC played during the night, a reel highlighting the various programs, cutting - edge technology and approaches to cancer care, discoveries and patient voices, reminding everyone why it's so important to support research efforts.

The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd is an international not - for - profit organization with a 40 - year legacy of pioneering cancer discovCancer Research Ltd is an international not - for - profit organization with a 40 - year legacy of pioneering cancer discovcancer discoveries.

Armed with leading - edge research, superb resources, and a strongly collaborative culture, we translate laboratory discoveries into new options for children with tough - to - treat cancers.

Ludwig combines basic research with the ability to translate its discoveries and conduct clinical trials to accelerate the development of new cancer diagnostics and therapies.