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Break Through Cancer’s Tyler Jacks: “We’ve created a new operating model for collaborative cancer research.”

Five years ago, Tyler Jacks took on a new challenge, becoming president of Break Through Cancer, a foundation that has pledged to spend at least $500 million to support research projects across top tier cancer centers.

Mass General Brigham receives $50M gift for gene and cell therapy research

Mass General Brigham has received a $50 million gift for gene and cell therapy research. The gift, made by anonymous donors, will advance clinical research by experts at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute and throughout the system, to deliver treatments for patients with cancer and other diseases.

March 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.10

In Brief

Five global teams awarded $125M to support cancer science research

Cancer Grand Challenges awards five global teams of scientists up to $25 million each to take on questions that could open entirely new routes for cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

Clinical Roundup

Johns Hopkins investigators create open source database to more easily study cancer data

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University have created a novel database structure that allows investigators anywhere to more easily study multiple types of cancer data—including laboratory results, genetic sequencing and imaging data—in one setting.

March 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.09

A year after LA wildfires, early data reinforce anxieties over firefighters’ cancer risks
Respirators (restricted by federal regulation) may or may not be the answer

The call to Fire Captain Brian Buchanan and his crew came at midnight. Northern California firefighters were urgently needed to help fight the wildfires that were devouring big swaths of Los Angeles.

California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research: A promise broken?

Approximately 21 years ago, I had the privilege of working and helping to pass Proposition 71, which authorized $3 billion dollars in state bonds to fund stem cell research in California.

February 20, 2026

Vol.52 No.07

By Stephen J. Forman

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