LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center and Cancer Crusaders have committed $500,000 for state-wide outreach, education, and clinical cancer research.
Coast 2 Coast 4 Cancer has raised more than $1.3 million for cancer research. These funds, which include a $500,000 match from Bristol Myers Squibb, will benefit cancer research at research institutions across North America.
Victor AmbrosPhoto credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachGary RuvkunPhoto credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachVictor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet. The two scientists are being honored for their discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
David BakerPhoto credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachDemis HassabisPhoto credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachJohn M. JumperPhoto credit: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize OutreachDavid Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in protein design and prediction.
The new Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention at USC Norris opened on Oct. 9.
Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-D) announced $7,731,872 in new federal funding for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to renovate its newly integrated biobank, the Roswell Park Biorepository, made possible through the Office of the Director of NIH’s Research Facilities Construction Grants.
NIH has awarded a five-year, $4.63 million grant to NYU College of Dentistry researchers to study chemotherapy-induced painful peripheral neuropathy, or CIPPN.
Jane Figueiredo was appointed co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center.
Lynne Elmore joined MUSC Hollings Cancer Center as the director of research development.
Daniel J. Drucker will be awarded the American Association for Cancer Research 21st AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship during the 2025 AACR annual meeting, to be held April 25-30 in Chicago, Illinois.
