KU Cancer Center receives $100 million for a research and outpatient building

MD Anderson establishes Center for Cellular Language Intelligence with $10M gift

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced a $10 million gift from Peggy and Carl Sewell to establish the Center for Cellular Language Intelligence, a research center created to understand the behavior of cancer cells at a high resolution, potentially enabling earlier cancer detection, smarter prevention, and more precise, personalized treatments.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

In Brief

Siemens Healthineers awarded $60M by ARPA-H to advance photon flash radiotherapy for cancer care

Varian, the Siemens Healthineers business area, has been awarded up to $60 million over five years by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to accelerate development of photon Flash therapy, an ultra-high dose rate approach to radiotherapy with the potential to redefine cancer care.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

In Brief

UT San Antonio awarded $44M NIH contract to advance landmark RURAL Cohort Study

The University of Texas at San Antonio has been awarded a five-year, $44 million contract from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a study focused on persistent health challenges in the rural South.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

In recent months, several directors of cancer centers, appearing on The Directors, a segment of The Cancer Letter Podcast, mentioned that their institutions are increasingly providing small grants—typically in the range of $50,000—to scientists to enable them to keep their labs open.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

In Brief

Sen. Susan Collins and patient advocate Jill Feldman are recognized with AACR Distinguished Service Awards

The American Association for Cancer Research will honor leaders from government and the advocacy community with awards for distinguished service in support of cancer research at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 to be held April 17-22 in San Diego.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

In Brief

Christian Hinrichs, of Rutgers Cancer Institute & RWJBarnabas Health, receives V Foundation for Cancer Research award

Christian Hinrichs, co-director of the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence and chief of the Section of Cancer Immunotherapy, RWJBarnabas Health, has been awarded a four-year, $800,000 translational research grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to develop next-generation immunotherapies for cancers caused by human papillomavirus.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

KU Cancer Center receives $100 million for a research and outpatient building

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KU Cancer Center receives $100 million for a research and outpatient building

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MD Anderson establishes Center for Cellular Language Intelligence with $10M gift

Siemens Healthineers awarded $60M by ARPA-H to advance photon flash radiotherapy for cancer care

UT San Antonio awarded $44M NIH contract to advance landmark RURAL Cohort Study

The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”

Sen. Susan Collins and patient advocate Jill Feldman are recognized with AACR Distinguished Service Awards

Christian Hinrichs, of Rutgers Cancer Institute & RWJBarnabas Health, receives V Foundation for Cancer Research award

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The Directors: UPMC’s Byrd and Jefferson’s Chapman speak about avoiding catastrophism and using bridge funding to keep labs open
“There’s a tightening of the belt, and when the belt gets tightened, it has downstream effects.”