Tag: Cancer
Dr. Mary- Claire King to speak at Morehouse School of Medicine on how genetic screening for all women can lower risk for breast cancer and save lives
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 16, 2015 African American women have higher death rates from breast cancer than do white women. Veena Rao, Ph.D., researcher, professor and co-director of the Cancer Biology Program in the department of OB/GYN at Morehouse School of Medicine, has pointed to multiple factors that contribute to the increased vulnerability of African […]
News: UC Davis Scientists Describe Novel Drug Mechanism That Fights Brain Cancer
Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) March 03, 2015 Findings could lead to better therapies against many hard-to-treat cancers. Researchers at UC Davis have developed and characterized a molecule that interferes with the internal regulation of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct. This novel mechanism was found to be effective against glioma cells – responsible for a […]
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT) Thanks Dr. Savio L.C. Woo For His Service; Names Dr. Joseph Glorioso Scientific Advisory Council Chairman
Stamford, CT (PRWEB) February 20, 2015 World-renowned scientist and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine genetics and biochemistry professor Joseph Glorioso III, PhD has been named Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council at Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy. Glorioso, known for his work on the molecular and genetic aspects of the herpes simplex virus […]
Thomas J. Rutherford, MD, PhD, Named Network Physician Director of Cancer Services at Western Connecticut Health Network
DANBURY, Connecticut (PRWEB) February 05, 2015 Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) has named nationally known gynecologic oncologist Thomas J. Rutherford, MD, PhD, an expert in the area of ovarian cancer, as the Network Physician Director of Cancer Services. As director, Dr. Rutherford will create a new model of cancer delivery in the dynamic “Accountable […]
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Joins OncLive
Plainsboro, NJ (PRWEB) February 02, 2015 OncLive® today welcomes the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center as a partner in raising the standard of cancer care through OncLive’s Strategic Alliance Partnership program. The new partnership enables OncLive’s editorial and marketing teams to increase awareness of the Center where more than 200 cancer specialists […]