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Nobel laureate David Baltimore dies at 87
Baltimore discovered that genetic material of tumor viruses could make DNA from their RNA genome

David Baltimore, co-recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and president emeritus and the Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Biology at Caltech, died on Sept. 6. He was 87.

September 12, 2025

Vol.51 No.33

By Lori Dajose

In Brief

Filippo Milano named inaugural Endowed Chair in Cord Blood Research at Fred Hutch

Filippo Milano, a hematologist-oncologist and clinical researcher, was named the inaugural Endowed Chair in Cord Blood Research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

April 11, 2025

Vol.51 No.14

In the Archives

53 Nobel Prizes and counting: ACS celebrates a legacy of funding research

In a new article on the Cancer History Project, the American Cancer Society profiles three ACS-funded Nobel laureates: They join a cohort of 50 other ACS-funded Nobel laureates. “The American Cancer Society’s legacy, with 53 Nobel Prize-winning researchers, is a testament to the relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that save lives,” said William Dahut, chief scientific...

January 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.01

Clinical Roundup

UTSW scientists link hematopoietic cell transplant deaths to beta-blocker use

Patients can die if they take certain previously prescribed beta-blockers during a hematopoietic cell transplant due to suppressed signals from nerves that promote bone marrow regeneration, according to scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, published in Cancer Discovery, builds upon previous CRI research by analyzing retrospective patient data to correlate beta-blocker use with significantly worse patient outcomes.

January 10, 2025

Vol.51 No.01

Capitol Hill

Don’t confirm RFK Jr. for HHS, 77 Nobel laureates urge the Senate

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for HHS secretary, is unfit for that role and should not be confirmed, 77 Nobel laureates said in a letter to members of the U.S. Senate.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Yiqing Wang

In Brief

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun share 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Victor 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.

October 11, 2024

Vol.50 No.38

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Nobel laureate David Baltimore dies at 87
Baltimore discovered that genetic material of tumor viruses could make DNA from their RNA genome