In a study published online in Nature, the lab of Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, M.D., Ph.D., Christopher M. Davis Professor and leader of the Immunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, identifie…
For two decades, Wistar’s Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) pre-apprenticeship program has injected biomedical talent into the region’s life sciences workforce by ushering class after class of p…
The Wistar community mourns the loss of a dear friend and one of our greatest supporters, who has given of himself generously to help Wistar for more than four decades. Harold (Hal) M. Davis p…
The Wistar Institute and the Philadelphia Zoo employ different preventative approaches to improve the health of humans and animals around the world. The Zoo uses conservation and education while Wi…
As the obesity epidemic climbs, and the connection between nutrition and its effects on health risks and outcomes are top of mind, Wistar’s most recent Women & Science Program featured a compre…
A novel, synthetic DNA vaccine developed by the lab of Kar Muthumani, Ph.D., director of the Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and assistant professor in Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunothera…
Scientists at The Wistar Institute had the pleasure of hosting 30 young ladies from George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science who take part in the Women of Tomorrow (WOT) Ment…
The opening reception of Nikon Small World, the popular microphotography exhibit hosted every year at Wistar for the past 16 years, reminded us about the beauty hidden within the complexity of life…
An innovative and original synthetic DNA platform created by Dr. David Weiner and team at Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center continues to make great strides in cancer immunotherapy. Monocl…
According to Brian Keith, Ph.D., Wistar dean of Biomedical Studies, basic cancer research unravels the complex cellular and genetic mechanisms that underlie disease, and spurs the development of ne…
