Sentences with phrase «story of cancer research»

Gala showings include two films with Seattle connections: Touchy Feely from Seattle's own Lynn Shelton (which kicks off six days of screenings in Renton) and Decoding Annie Parker, which dramatizes the true story of cancer research breakthrough guided by UW geneticist Mary - Claire King (played in the film by Helen Hunt).

Coley to Cure shows that the story of the Cancer Research Institute is the story of cancer immunotherapy.

Not exact matches

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.

Next, you may be familiar with the industrious story of Alex Scott, a young girl who battled pediatric cancer and raised $ 1 - million to fund cancer research.

However, for patients with lymphoma, it may be a rather different story, as new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that toxins in the staphylococcus bacteria help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells.

Yesterday's The New York Times featured a front - page story suggesting that the government's approach to funding cancer research — particularly at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-- pushes scientists to «play it safe» and steer clear of bold ideas.

But that's why the research needs to get done, because we have all these little stories of people saying, «I used this and my cancer got better.»

Ethical and racial issues in medicine and biomedical research are among the facets of Skloot's spellbinding story of Henrietta Lacks, the HeLa lineage cultured from her cancer, and how that legacy affected her family.

February 10, 2006 $ 25 million gift from Jules and Gwen Knapp will help build 10 - story medical research facility at the University of Chicago Jules and Gwen Knapp of Chicago have donated $ 25 million toward construction of a 330,760 - square - foot, 10 - story, state - of - the - art facility that will provide a new home for translational research programs in children's health, cancer, and other medical specialties at the University of Chicago.

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The Focus on Cancer blog discusses a variety of cancer - related topics, including treatment advances, research efforts and clinical trials, nutrition, support groups, survivorship and patient stCancer blog discusses a variety of cancer - related topics, including treatment advances, research efforts and clinical trials, nutrition, support groups, survivorship and patient stcancer - related topics, including treatment advances, research efforts and clinical trials, nutrition, support groups, survivorship and patient stories.

Nature Medicine highlighted Dr. De Carvalho work as one of the top 10 notable advances in 2015 and by Canadian Cancer Society as one of the Top 10 Research Impact Stories of 2015.

A story in last Friday's New York Times highlights research on «cancer stem cells»: a fraction of cells in a tumor that are especially resistant to chemotherapy and resemble the body's non-cancerous stem cells in their ability to renew themselves.

I encourage you to read the full CRUK Science Update Blog post «High - impact science: Hedgehogs, flies and skin cancer — the story of vismodegib», it's an excellent example of how research on flies, rodents and a range of other organisms combined with studies of cancer genetics in humans to enabled the development of an innovative therapy.

Recently, Fisher told the story of their friendship at an Our Way Forward event, a program created by Tesaro with input from the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

It goes without saying that anyone with cancer should find doctors and practitioners that support their healing journey and do a lot of research (this is a great story and resource to start with).

Who: Rose Byrne and Oprah Winfrey co-star What: This TV film of Rebecca Skloot's 2010 nonfiction bestseller tells the heartbreaking story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cervical cancer cells became a foundation for scientific research without her knowledge or consent.

How research on the genetics behind cancers common to dogs and humans became a commercial breed - test product is itself a unique story of technology transfer at the Center.

But it turns out that there is much more to this story than just climate change, and we find ourselves once again reaching back into the rich history of scientists paid by tobacco companies to conduct research bringing into question the links between cigarette smoke and cancer.

As it is not clear how long their search for a healthy business solution will take, it seems reasonable to ask — in the balance of private and public rights around intellectual property — whether their search should continue to impede public access to the body of research behind breaking stories about cancer and other health issues.

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When David Williams talked about childhood trauma and research that shows the connection with cancer later in life, (and we) then heard Archie talk about his story (as a member of the Stolen Generation), it brought it all together.»

Dr Angeline Letendre, Lead Scientist of the Community Research Stream at the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund in Canada also spoke to the role of story - telling in indigenous communities: if something is repeated enough, it goes beyond anecdote and information, she told the conference.