MD Anderson Cancer Center and Exscientia plc formed a strategic collaboration to align the drug discovery and development expertise of MD Anderson with the patient-centric artificial intelligence capabilities of Exscientia in order to advance novel small-molecule oncology therapies.
Lauren Averett Byers, professor of thoracic/head & neck medical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, received the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology. The award recognizes her fundamental discoveries and contributions to identifying novel therapeutic strategies for small cell lung cancer, which have paved the way for personalized treatments, even in the most highly recalcitrant cancers.
