Cigall Kadoch wins $250,000 Blavatnik National Award

The Lilabean Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer raises $900K

The Lilabean Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research raised $900,000 at its 13th Annual Lilabean Foundation Fall Ball, held on Saturday, November 2. Proceeds from the Fall Ball will directly fund groundbreaking research initiatives focused on discovering new treatments and improving survival rates for children fighting pediatric brain cancer.

November 22, 2024

Vol.50 No.44

In Brief

Bertagnolli, Goldberg, Gunn, Brundage, and Theiler receive awards at Alliance fall meeting

NIH Director Monica M. Bertagnolli delivered the Charles G. Moertel Lecture at the Fall Group Meeting of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. The meeting took place Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

November 15, 2024

Vol.50 No.43

In Brief

SU2C announces grants supporting research in six cancer types

Stand Up To Cancer announced grants to several teams of leading cancer investigators in support of cutting-edge research in a variety of cancers including head and neck, pediatric, pancreatic, breast, rectal, and gastro-esophageal cancers, as well as research focused on how the microbiome communicates with the immune system.

October 18, 2024

Vol.50 No.39

Clinical Roundup

AKT and EZH2 inhibitors kill TNBCs by hijacking mechanisms of involution

New research on the possibility to kill TNBCs by hijacking signals that normally drive mammary gland involution was released in Nature.

October 11, 2024

Vol.50 No.38

In Brief

Dana-Farber, Fred Hutch, MSK, Hopkins form Cancer AI Alliance

Four NCI-designated cancer centers—Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins—have joined together and secured funding from AWS, Deloitte, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, to create the Cancer AI Alliance.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

Tumors are able to form with no DNA mutations, fly study shows

Tumors are able to form without any DNA mutations, according to a recent proof-of-principle study performed in flies. Epigenetic changes alone—even temporary alterations—induced permanent cancer cell fate.

September 13, 2024

Vol.50 No.34

By Jacquelyn Cobb