Kenneth Griffin gifts $50M to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to help fund cancer research building

Art exhibit at University of Miami Sylvester bridges North and South America

“Bridge to Bahia” exhibit.Source: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer CenterKaren Estrada, a survivor of acute myeloid leukemia, used visual art to communicate with her two boys while undergoing a bone marrow transplant at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Because Estrada’s treatment required isolation, and her young children could not yet read and write, she sought out other creative vessels to foster closeness between them.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

By Claire Marie Porter

Clinical Roundup

Antibody shows encouraging results for treating high-risk follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma

Two clinical trials testing the antibody Zynlonta (loncastuximab tesirine) showed encouraging results in patients with high-risk forms of two blood cancers – follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.

December 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.46

In Brief

Qure.ai completes $65M Series D funding round

Qure.ai has announced the completion of a $65 million Series D funding round. The investment will expedite expansion into the U.S. market and other countries, increase investment in foundational AI models, and enable complementary med-tech company acquisitions.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

Guest Editorial

Group chairs propose funding strategy to jump-start correlative studies

The National Academy of Medicine recognized the value of correlative science in publicly funded clinical trials in 2010, recommending “the incorporation of innovative science into cancer clinical trials through the support and use of biorepositories.”

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

By Peter J. O'Dwyer

Funding Opportunities

DOD Glioblastoma Research Program funding opportunities for FY24

The FY24 Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for the Glioblastoma Research Program to support research of high potential impact and exceptional scientific merit to reduce the burden of glioblastoma on service members and their families, veterans, and the American public. The managing agent for the anticipated program announcements/funding opportunities is the CDMRP at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.

September 20, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

A $150M gift enables City of Hope to establish $1M Stephenson Prize in pancreatic cancer research, build research program focused on the disease

City of Hope has received a $150 million gift from entrepreneurs and philanthropists A. Emmet Stephenson Jr. and his daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand to create a program focused on pancreatic cancer research.

September 17, 2024

Vol.50 No.35

By Paul Goldberg