DAN GLICKMAN was named to the board of directors of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
NCI Director Harold Varmus said Congress is moving slowly on appropriations bills, and a continuing resolution lasting until December is the best that can be expected in the short term.
Images of the gleaming buildings and the distinctive logo of MD Anderson Cancer Center have been flashing on television screens and appearing on pages of respectable newspapers and scandal sheets alike.
MD Anderson Cancer Center President Ronald DePinho and his executive leadership declined to meet with the investigation committee dispatched by the American Association of University Professors to his institution Thursday.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY began an online Genetics and Genomics Certificate program, available through the university's School of Medicine and School of Engineering. Courses will be taught by faculty from the Department of Genetics and guest lecturers.
LOUIS DEGENNARO was named president and CEO of the Leukemia and LymphomaSociety.
GEORGETOWN LOMBARDI COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER received a five-year, $11.25 million P30 Cancer Center Support Grant and renewal of its designation as a comprehensive cancer center.
ANDREAS HOCHHAUS and ROBERT GALE were named co-editors-in-chief of Leukemia.
THE PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK announced more than $4.1 million in research grant funding for 2015. Investigators at all points in their careers are invited to apply for research grants aimed at improving patient outcomes and pancreatic cancer survival rates.
THE ALBERT AND MARY LASKER FOUNDATION announced its 2014 award winners.
