Sentences with phrase «leading cancer research»

The California based City of Hope, one of the country's leading cancer research hospitals, recently sent out birthday greetings to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the nation's leading funder — apart from the federal government — of stem cell research.
About the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute Dana - Farber Cancer Institute (www.dana-farber.org) is a principal teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and is among the leading cancer research and care centers in the United States.
LA JOLLA — The Salk Institute, which hosts a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-- designated cancer center and Indivumed GmbH, a world leading cancer research company today announce a multi-year strategic alliance to secure, preserve and analyze human cancer tissue and annotated clinical data from consenting patients around the world, enabling the most cutting - edge basic and translational research in cancer.
Building on the successful outcomes of their multi-year history, these leading cancer research organizations will inspire new collaborators; improve diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using big data; develop new treatments for pancreatic cancer; and support the next generation of pancreatic cancer investigators.
Together, these leading cancer research organizations will attract new collaborators; improve diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using big data; find new treatments for pancreatic cancer; and support the next generation of pancreatic cancer investigators.
November 14, 2006 Ludwig Fund donates $ 20 million to University of Chicago for cancer research The Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research, created by American billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig, today announced that it has donated $ 20 million to each of six leading cancer research institutions — including the University of Chicago — to create Ludwig Centers for cancer research.
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A group of the nation's leading cancer research scientists and their Cuban counterparts are exploring how to advance cancer therapy, diagnosis, and prevention, including the use of immunotherapy to harness the body's immune systems to attack and eliminate cancer cells.
Finally, to get my bearings, I turned to the nation's leading cancer research specialists, Drs. Bruce N. Ames and Lois Gold.
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Now, here's a happy story: A combination of better screening, investments in drug research, and better lifestyle choices (including declines in cigarette smoking) may have helped lead to a downtick in the rate of cancer drug deaths.
As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.
«Through this collaboration with the cancer community's leading clinical and pathology experts, thousands of more patients can potentially benefit from the world's growing body of knowledge about this disease,» said IBM Research and Cognitive Solutions senior vice president John Kelly in a statement.
A series of cancer research projects led by the University of Western Australia has been awarded $ 18 million from the Cancer Research Trust and other partner organisacancer research projects led by the University of Western Australia has been awarded $ 18 million from the Cancer Research Trust and other partner organiresearch projects led by the University of Western Australia has been awarded $ 18 million from the Cancer Research Trust and other partner organisaCancer Research Trust and other partner organiResearch Trust and other partner organisations.
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.
Leading research groups from the University of Toronto (which owns a 20 % stake in the West Tower), University Health Network (including Princess Margaret Cancer Centre), Ryerson University, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Public Health research groups from the University of Toronto (which owns a 20 % stake in the West Tower), University Health Network (including Princess Margaret Cancer Centre), Ryerson University, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Public Health Research and Public Health Ontario.
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.
On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries of biology in state - of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; early - stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage Building — the original brick façade of the old Toronto General Hospital.
If you are a cancer researcher, has your research led you to believe that a deity is responsible?
New research led by Healthy Dining and funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reveals that restaurant consumers accept, and in most cases even prefer, menu choices that were reduced in sodium content.
There is no definitive research that BSE leads to earlier detection of breast cancers.
«Mothers who don't discuss their results with their kids are relatively less satisfied and feel more conflicted,» says Kenneth Tercyak, director of behavioral prevention research at Georgetown Lombardi and lead author of the study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Dr. Palmer led attachment parenting support groups for five years, also coordinating the various groups throughout San Diego County.She has also served as an instructor in anatomy and physiology and a research associate for drugless cancer therapy research.
The ten foot beagle is embarking on a nationwide tour to raise funds for leading medical research charity Cancer Researcresearch charity Cancer ResearchResearch Wales.
Professor Stephen Duffy, lead researcher and Cancer Research UK's professor of cancer screening, said: «The results of our study showed that the NHS breast cancer screening programme has been even more effective at saving lives than we predCancer Research UK's professor of cancer screening, said: «The results of our study showed that the NHS breast cancer screening programme has been even more effective at saving lives than we predcancer screening, said: «The results of our study showed that the NHS breast cancer screening programme has been even more effective at saving lives than we predcancer screening programme has been even more effective at saving lives than we predicted.
Over the years, Roswell Park has also become recognized as one of the United States» leading cancer treatment and research centers, and it recruits physicians and researchers from across the world to come live and work in the Buffalo area.
According to prosecutors, Silver received millions of dollars in referral fees for sending asbestos cancer cases to the firm after respected Columbia research doctor Robert Taub, a leading expert in mesothelioma research, referred the cases to Silver, who is a lawyer.
Dr. Taub, 79, a leading oncologist dedicated to cancer research, sent patients to Mr. Silver and his law firm, and Dr. Taub received state grants with the help of Mr. Silver, 71, then the speaker of the New York Assembly.
Nanophotonics research by materials scientist Jennifer Dionne could lead to improved drugs, cancer tests or invisibility cloaks.
«Once this novel tumor - homing agent binds to the EphA2 receptor, the oncogene functions as a cancer - specific molecular Trojan horse for paclitaxel, carrying the drug inside the cancel cell, killing the cell, and thwarting metastasis,» said Maurizio Pellecchia, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR's School of Medicine who led the research.
Zhang's work aligns with what Liselotte Brix hears from cancer genomicists about leading - edge research in the field.
Dr. Greenbaum and Dr. Łksza also played an integral role in a companion piece of research led by researchers Vinod P. Balachandran, MD, Taha Merghoub, PhD, and Steven D. Leach, MD, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) that was also published in Nature today.
«Our findings suggest that teens and young adults who seek indoor tanning may be especially vulnerable to developing BCC, the most common form of skin cancer, at a young age,» said lead author Professor Margaret Karagas, co-director of the Cancer Epidemiology and Chemopreventon Research Program at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Director of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartcancer, at a young age,» said lead author Professor Margaret Karagas, co-director of the Cancer Epidemiology and Chemopreventon Research Program at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Director of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at DartCancer Epidemiology and Chemopreventon Research Program at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center and Director of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at DartCancer Center and Director of the Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Center at Dartmouth.
The technology may one day lead to new imaging instruments and microscopes for use in medicine and scientific research, such as devices for detecting early signs of skin cancer or early visual cues for food spoilage.
In a revolutionary first, Cancer Research UK - funded scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumour cells, potentially leading to new treatments for one of the hardest to treat cancers.
This is the main finding of new research led by investigators at NYU Langone Medical Center and its Perlmutter Cancer Center and published online May 19 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
A Ludwig Cancer Research study led by Benoit Van den Eynde, Director of Ludwig Brussels, has identified a novel mechanism by which tumors of the aggressive skin cancer melanoma can resist cancer immunothCancer Research study led by Benoit Van den Eynde, Director of Ludwig Brussels, has identified a novel mechanism by which tumors of the aggressive skin cancer melanoma can resist cancer immunothcancer melanoma can resist cancer immunothcancer immunotherapy.
New findings from an international research team led by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists may improve detection of skin cancer that lacks any brown or black Cancer Center scientists may improve detection of skin cancer that lacks any brown or black cancer that lacks any brown or black color.
For more than a quarter of a century, Baltimore has balanced his long hours as a leading scientific administrator — founder of the seminal Whitehead Institute, president of Rockefeller University and later, for nine years, of Caltech — with groundbreaking work in cancer, immunology, and AIDS research.
Led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James), the retrospective study suggested that a pattern of molecules called microRNA (miRNA) in tumor cells might predict patients» response to radiation therapy.
Institute researchers Dr Ashley Ng, Dr Maria Kauppi, Professor Warren Alexander, Professor Don Metcalf and colleagues from the institute's Cancer and Haematology and Molecular Medicine divisions led the research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Appearing alongside the heads of five of NIH's 27 institutes and centers, Collins instead offered examples of how NIH research has led to new drugs for cystic fibrosis and cancer treatments that help the immune system fight tumors.
The lack of answers to these most basic of research questions has led to, at best, a stalemate in the war on cancer, which kills more than a half million U.S. patients annually.
An experimental drug in early development for aggressive brain tumors can cross the blood - brain tumor barrier, kill tumor cells and block the growth of tumor blood vessels, according to a study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James).
We need to continue to invest in medical research that will lead to immeasurable contributions in the fight against a number of serious illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.
Despite leading the world in pioneering anti-smoking laws, cancer screening and controlling high blood pressure, the US trails its richer «peer» countries in almost all other measures of health and longevity, says a US National Research Council report published last week.
Looking to target a key pathway in order to interfere with the processes that lead to tumor spread, a research team led by Irwin H. Gelman, Ph.D., of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has identified a new suppressor of cancer metastasis that may point the way toward development of more effective treatments for prostate cancers and other malignant solid tCancer Institute (RPCI) has identified a new suppressor of cancer metastasis that may point the way toward development of more effective treatments for prostate cancers and other malignant solid tcancer metastasis that may point the way toward development of more effective treatments for prostate cancers and other malignant solid tumors.
The researchers at 30 radiotherapy centres across the UK, led by The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had early stage breast cancer that was at a low risk of comingCancer Research, London, and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had early stage breast cancer that was at a low risk of comingCancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had early stage breast cancer that was at a low risk of comingcancer that was at a low risk of coming back.
Nagoya University - led research team shows in mice the potential of a special immune cell that targets a key protein in tumor growth that helps stop brain cancer.
Dr. Storz's research team traced the pathway leading from inflammation in the pancreas to development of cancer in the organ.
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