Chi Van Dang will receive the 2024 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research. The recognition will take place during this year’s AACR annual meeting, April 5-10 in San Diego, CA.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one—MUC1—is already in clinical trials. The research was published online Sept. 28 in...
