Sherry Lansing is the founder and chair of the Sherry Lansing Foundation, a philanthropic organization
focusing on cancer research, health and education.
The school is part of the wider masterplan for the intended London Cancer Hub (LCH), a new life science innovation cluster
focused on cancer research and treatment, situated on the former Sutton Hospital site.
He plans to become a doctor, with
a focus on cancer research.
Not exact matches
Wesfarmers has donated $ 5 million to the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical
Research to help recruit a leader for what will be the first centre in Western Australia to
focus on women's
cancers.
For example, MethylGene Inc. (TSX: MYG) is
focusing on cancer treatment, biOasis Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BTI) is pursuing
research on disorders of the central nervous system, and Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: DND) is working
on a treatment for acne - related conditions.
Much of the
research focused on the noted links between meat consumption and colorectal
cancer — the third most common form worldwide, following bladder and breast.
Leaning toward the IARC position is Andrew Chan, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School whose
research focuses on colorectal
cancer prevention.
His
research has spanned hematopoiesis, gene therapy, stem cell biology, genomics and
cancer, consistently
focusing on bringing the very latest
research advances to patients with heretofore incurable diseases.
Theralase has been conducting its
research in Toronto at Princess Margaret Hospital, and says its current
focus is
on finding a better method for treating bladder
cancer.
She has a particular
focus on breast
cancer research and treatment, and in 2015, she donated $ 25 million to this area.
The company
focuses on cancer drug
research and has a platform for so - called «real - world» data, which can be used to assess the economic value of medicines and is sought after by drug makers looking to justify their prices to health insurers.
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.
In
research in patients with
cancer, with a
focus on psycho - emotional symptoms, and with some attempt at measuring spirituality, patients respond to the diagnosis and management of
cancer more as whole persons, and they rely
on faith, reason, and emotion.
«Indians
focus on the health properties of chai,» says Dana Jacobi, author of The Essential Best Foods Cookbook: 225 Irresistible Recipes Featuring the Healthiest and Most Delicious Foods and a contributor to the New American Plate Cookbook: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life, published by the American Institute for
Cancer Research.
This is where much of the resistant - starch
research has
focused —
on the effects of resistant starches to improve bowel health, promote good bacteria and ultimately prevent bowel
cancers from forming.
To some extent, this same
focus on lignans has occurred in
research on prostate
cancer as well.
Testimony and other evidence showed that Mr. Silver had arranged to have the State Health Department award two grants totaling $ 500,000 to Dr. Taub, whose
research focused on mesothelioma, a deadly form of
cancer related to asbestos exposure.
Medical
research focusing on epigenetics is currently trying to block the enzymes that regulate these changes thereby silencing
cancer promoting genes.
Wong and his lab want to see if edelfosine could be incorporated into future clinical
research focused on other tumor sites such as lung, ovarian and pancreatic
cancers.
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.
The
research was published in the Jan. 18 issue of Molecular Carcinogenesis, which
focused on recent advances in lung
cancer.
Future
research should not only compare how embryonic stem cells, iPS cells and adult stem cells differentiate, but
focus on what effects the niche in which these cells will reside, when transplanted, will have
on their characteristics, including tendencies to mutate into
cancer cells, notes cell and stem cell biologist Olga Genbacev at the University of California, San Francisco, (U.C.S.F.) School of Medicine.
At first it was thought that only functioned as cellular debris warehouses but in recent years has been that could have an important role as a messenger between cells of the body and now many groups
focus their
research on the role that could be played exosomes in various diseases, including
cancer.
A major
focus of my
research is
on developing new technologies, based
on hypothesis - driven, targeted mass spectrometry, for relieving this bottleneck to testing potential new blood - based diagnostics for detection of
cancer.
«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 th
Cancer Center, where his
research focuses on immunology,
cancer cell biology, cancer genetics, and applications of gene th
cancer cell biology,
cancer genetics, and applications of gene th
cancer genetics, and applications of gene therapy.
Focusing on basic
research for the functional regulation of innate and adaptive immunity and
on translational
research for
cancer immunotherapies, the National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology has been conducting innovative
research and exploration, and is becoming a rising star in the international immunology community.
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.
Its
research includes a cluster of related interdisciplinary projects that examine disparities in breast
cancer mortality between African - American and Caucasian women using animal models, molecular characterization of tumors, and behavioral
research focused on social - environmental factors.
Beyond its $ 100 - millionper - year platform
research, Moderna runs four wholly owned ventures
focused on drugs for infectious diseases, rare diseases, immuno - oncology, and personalized
cancer vaccines.
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 German biotech CureVac, for example, has brought mRNA - based vaccines for rabies and
cancer to clinical trials, and Karikó now heads a
research team at BioNTech in Mainz, Germany, that
focuses on mRNA - based drugs.
Most current
research into the causes of
cancer focuses on genes and environmental triggers.
Fejzo, whose initial
research focused on cancer genetics, has slowly built a case that genes play a role in the condition.
Their
research, published in PLOS ONE,
focused on one particular gene — TRIM29 — selected from a pool of 100 genes with regulatory patterns specific to normal breast tissue, to prove the link between breast - specific genes and the pathology of
cancer.
The St. Laurent Institute, a non-profit medical
research institute
focused on the systems biology of disease, today announced in a study published in the July edition of Genome Biology, that genetic matter, previously ignored by the scientific community, may play an important role in
cancer.
Dr. Locasale's
research focuses on understanding metabolism in health and
cancer.
«Funding
research focused on helping patients survive longer is critical, and studies such as this advance our goal of not only improving treatments for brain
cancer, but eventually finding a cure.»
Hyder and his
research team have
focused on luteolin, a naturally occurring, non-toxic plant compound that has been proven effective against several types of
cancer.
«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 C
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 C
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 C
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 C
Cancer Center.
Maggie Blanks, Pancreatic
Cancer Research Fund's CEO, said: «It's because of these bleak facts that our funding strategy focuses on finding and developing alternative, effective treatments for patients as well as finding a way to diagnose pancreatic cancer at an early
Cancer Research Fund's CEO, said: «It's because of these bleak facts that our funding strategy
focuses on finding and developing alternative, effective treatments for patients as well as finding a way to diagnose pancreatic
cancer at an early
cancer at an early stage.
His
research focuses on the
cancer biology, drug resistance, and signaling pathway networks of human diseases as well as
on ways to model these disorders.
Most of the
research into breast
cancer has
focused on primary breast
cancer, and there is little understanding of the biology underpinning breast
cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, known as metastatic
cancer.
This webinar is the first in a series (see Part 2 here)
focusing on the pathways that allow for
cancer development and progression, the emerging
research in identifying and targeting these pathways, and the innovations in the development of
cancer treatment options.
Dr. Kallioniemi's group is currently active in individualized systems medicine
research on various
cancers, with a special
focus on rapid translational
research to improve leukemia diagnostics and therapy.
His pioneering
research has
focused on defining the cellular and molecular nature of immune exhaustion — the failure of normal immune system function — in chronic infection and
cancer.
Dr. Gnjatic's
research focuses on human antigen - specific immune responses to tumor antigens, in an attempt to define new targets for the development of
cancer immunotherapies, assess the efficacy of these immunotherapies, and learn why they may fail.
This webinar is the third in a series
focusing on the
cancer pathways that support tumor development, the emerging
research in identifying and targeting these pathways, and innovations in the development of increasingly effective
cancer therapy options.
This webinar is the second in a series (see Part 1 here)
focusing on the
cancer pathways that support tumor development, the emerging
research in identifying and targeting these pathways, and innovations in the development of increasingly effective
cancer therapy options.
For several years, the
research team from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology lead by Professor Johanna Ivaska has
focused their efforts
on understanding how
cancer cells move and invade surrounding tissue.
The 4 - year - old institute consists of six core
research areas
focused on a wide range of technologies, from
cancer vaccines to robotic bees that will pollinate plants.