Nori KasaharaSeth PollackDaniel PowellThree scientists received $1.3 million in funding from the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and gene therapies for cancer. These grants will be used to study immunotherapy and virotherapy in the treatment of glioblastoma, sarcoma and ovarian cancer.
Carl JuneSens. Roy BluntBob CaseyThe 2017 AACI Distinguished Scientist Award will be presented to Carl June.
NCCN announced the release of the Radiation Therapy Compendium that includes information designed to support clinical decision-making around the use of radiation therapy in patients with cancer.
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation and Free to Breathe announced a merger to make an even greater impact on closing the funding gap for lung cancer research. The New York State Attorney General approved the required merger documentation on Sept. 30.
A five-year, $2.4 million grant (R01CA218068) from the NCI awarded to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey behavioral scientist Jerod Stapleton, will support the development and testing of a novel behavioral intervention delivered through the social media site Facebook to reduce high-risk indoor tanning behaviors among young women.
The FDA said it has awarded 15 new clinical trial research grants totaling more than $22 million over the next four years to boost the development of products for patients with rare diseases. These new grants were awarded to principal investigators from academia and industry across the country.
Sunil Sharma, joined the Translational Genomics Research Institute, pursuing drug development and patient clinical trials in concert with TGen's research alliance with City of Hope in California, and TGen's clinical partnership with the HonorHealth Research Institute in Scottsdale.
An item in the newly passed Wisconsin state budget will expand a collaborative network of the UW Carbone Cancer Center and cancer doctors around the state to help find treatments matched to the genetic differences in patients' cancer.
CancerCare is offering direct financial assistance to cancer patients residing in the U.S., including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, who have been impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, or Maria.
Research!America's 22nd annual Advocacy Awards will pay a tribute to John Edward Porter, Research!America chair emeritus, for his decades-long commitment to advancing medical and health research. Porter served as a House member representing the 10th district in Illinois from 1980 to 2001, during which time he chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies.
