Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center recently published two reviews on the complex role of AKT, also known as protein kinase B, in the development and treatment of cancer.
Northwell Health appointed David J. Chung, a prominent oncologist-investigator, as director of clinical research at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. In this newly created role, Chung also will serve as system chief of multiple myeloma across Northwell’s cancer centers.
José Larios, a transplant hematologist, joined The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute as a member of the bone marrow and stem cell transplant and hematology oncology multidisciplinary teams at Karmanos. He specializes in treating leukemia and lymphoma blood cancers, including Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. He began seeing patients at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit in August 2024.
Marking a new era of non-invasive medical interventions, the Northwell Health Cancer Institute is investing $1.2 million in the development of cutting-edge histotripsy technology to treat some liver cancer tumors without surgery. This innovative approach uses targeted ultrasound beams to create microbubbles within tumors, effectively disrupting and destroying diseased cells without the need for incisions.
In preclinical work recently published in Nature Communications, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center scientists used a genetic “chain reaction” to transform herpes simplex virus DNA during an HSV infection.