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November 15, 2021
Our annual run has turned out to be special in more ways than one this year. We were able to rally together for the first time since the pandemic and feel the spirited comradery among our fellow co…
November 2, 2021
The Wistar Legacy Awards and 25th Jonathan Lax Lecture was a poignant night celebrating the people and organizations that 25 years ago came together from backgrounds in community activism, philanth…
October 4, 2021
Wistar’s scientific accomplishments could not be achieved without the support of our donors who recognize our research strengths, share our vision and are committed to tackling disease, improving h…
October 1, 2021
Throughout its history, Wistar has successfully cultivated strategic relationships to accelerate the development of its discoveries toward the clinic. Recognizing that the potential of scientific d…
October 1, 2021
Dr. Luis Montaner is a transformative leader in HIV research. Throughout his tenure at Wistar, his discoveries to find an HIV cure have elevated both the prestige and scientific prowess of the Inst…
September 30, 2021
Research in the Gene Expression & Regulation Program at Wistar continues to reveal new knowledge on RNA and its functions to regulate how our genes are expressed and how that can go awry. The a…
September 29, 2021
Companies that make rubella vaccines have been getting harder and harder to come by. The global production of the rubella vaccine, supplied in combination with measles, mumps and varicell…
September 15, 2021
Wistar welcomes Dr. Noam Auslander as an assistant professor in the Cancer Center’s Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program. She applies artificial intelligence (AI) through high-throughput co…
September 15, 2021
Dr. Hildegund Ertl, Wistar immunologist and vaccine developer, has been featured in local and national media and sought after by journalists as a source of expert opinions. A well-spoken scientist,…
September 13, 2021
Mice differ from people in many ways. But over the last decade, scientists have succeeded in engineering mice that are more humanlike in their ability to be infected with HIV, making it possible to…