Whole exome sequencing predicts response to cancer immunotherapy

Steinhart, Foisey, Ganguly, Yamada-Hunter receive PICI Early Career Researcher awards

Zachary SteinhartMaxwell FoiseyDebolina GangulySean Yamada-HunterThe Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a collaborative consortium of the world’s leading immuno-oncology experts, named its 2024 class of Early Career Researcher awardees.

June 28, 2024

Vol.50 No.26

In Brief

Noam Auslander receives $600K grant to identify connections between gut microbial genes and melanoma immunotherapy

The Wistar Institute’s Noam Auslander, assistant professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program at the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center, was awarded a $600,000 Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

June 28, 2024

Vol.50 No.26

Clinical Roundup

Upregulating TERT gene expression reverses multiple hallmarks of aging

Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that therapeutically restoring ‘youthful’ levels of a specific subunit of the telomerase enzyme can significantly reduce the signs and symptoms of aging in preclinical models.

June 28, 2024

Vol.50 No.26

In Brief

Wistar Institute receives $10M donation

The Wistar Institute received a $10 million donation from an anonymous donor who previously committed $20 million to support Wistar’s new Center for Advanced Therapeutics.

June 21, 2024

Vol.50 No.25

Clinical Roundup

Multispecific antibody shows promise for B cell lymphoma

Nutcracker Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing RNA therapies through its proprietary technology platform, presented a poster on NTX-472, its new preclinical drug candidate for B cell lymphoma, at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

Paired tumor-germline testing can enhance patient care—with guidance from genetics specialists

In May, the American Society of Clinical Oncology released guidelines on the use of germline genetic testing panels in concert with tumor testing for cancer patients. xxx:more

June 07, 2024

Vol.50 No.23

By Rebecca Sutphen