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Cancer Biology Student Awarded Melanoma Research Grant
April 3, 2013
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Amanpreet Kaur, a student in the Cancer Biology Ph.D. program, a joint venture between Wistar and University of the Sciences, was recently awarded at $10,000 grant by the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation. Kaur, who studies in the laboratory of her mentor, Wistar Assistant Professor Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D., will use the money to further her work on protein receptors that play an important role in melanoma progression and therapy resistance.
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Events, Funding, Melanoma
Voices of Wistar: Meet Ed Ryan
April 5, 2013
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Hope is what drives biomedical research. It is the conviction that the future is brighter and that we can do something to ease suffering from disease. For Ed Ryan, chair of Wistar’s Leadership Council, hope is the secret for The Wistar Institute’s success.
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Cancer
QVC and Fashion Footwear Association of New York Support Breast Cancer Research at Wistar
April 5, 2013
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Giving is in fashion. Building on their ongoing commitment to breast cancer research, QVC, Inc., and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York (FFANY) recently announced a $140,000 grant to fund breast cancer research at The Wistar Institute. The grant will support study of an aggressive form of the disease, called “triple negative” breast cancer, in the lab of Dario C. Altieri, M.D., director of Wistar’s Cancer Center.
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Cancer, Funding
How does a mole turn cancerous? The answer is in DNA...and poor construction management
April 4, 2013
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The phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence allows damaged cells to, essentially, hibernate in a state where they are alive, yet not reproducing. The moles (or nevi) you see on skin are the most obvious example. The laboratory of Wistar's Rugang Zhang, Ph.D., has uncovered what drives senescence: DNA building blocks. Remove these building blocks and the cell stops dividing. Replenish the supply, and the cell turns cancerous...
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Cancer