Viruses impact human health in many ways and can be the underlying agents that cause cancer. The pandemic has reminded us how pervasive viruses are in human life. We know they can cause infection, …
The Caspar Wistar Fellowship is a model for recruiting the best and brightest junior scientists to Wistar where they can build scientific networks and advance their unique independent research prog…
Wistar is pleased to welcome two new assistant professors starting September 1. Dr. Amelia Escolano researches new vaccine approaches against highly mutating viruses. She will join the Vaccine &…
During progression from a precancerous lesion to an aggressive tumor and then metastasis, cancer cells rewire their metabolism to support increased energy demands due to continuous growth and adapt…
On August 12, Wistar hosted a ceremony for the Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Program graduates of 2020 and 2021 and the Biomedical Research Technician (BRT) Apprenticeship graduates of 2021….
In a recent Cell Reports paper, Dr. Bin Tian and team revealed a mechanism that has far-reaching implications in development and diseases, including immunity and cancers. The lab studies RNA biolog…
Dedicated to the memory of melanoma research champions Dr. Shyam Somasundaram, Wistar scientist, and Eleanor Murdoch, melanoma advocate and mother of Noreen and Kate O’Neill, this year’s Symposium …
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is highly effective at controlling HIV infection, keeping the amount of virus in the blood so low as to be undetectable. This condition is called viral suppression. Yet…
After a day of virtual scientific talks that concluded Wistar’s 4th annual Noreen O’Neill Melanoma Research Symposium, a lay-friendly examination of melanoma with a group of interdisciplinary scien…
Turning on or off one or more genes at the wrong time or in the wrong cells can dramatically alter their activity and lead to unrestrained growth and cancer. Therefore, numerous control mechanisms …
