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May 9, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (MAY 9, 2023) — The Wistar Institute has formed a new strategic collaboration with the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) and the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute to accelerate the…
May 4, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (MAY 4, 2023) — The p53 gene is one of the most important in the human genome: the only role of the p53 protein that this gene encodes is to sense when a tumor is forming and to kill…
March 30, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (MARCH, 30, 2023) — The Wistar Institute, a global leader in biomedical research in cancer, immunology and infectious disease, is pleased to welcome Squire Servance, founder and mana…
March 28, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (MARCH 28, 2023) — As of 2022, approximately 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV. Antiretroviral therapies have enabled many of these individuals to live prod…
March 22, 2023
Life science training program connects adults with a high school diploma or GED to high-skill careers in regional laboratory environment. PHILADELPHIA — (MARCH 22, 2023) — Thirteen people, sitting …
February 10, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:The Wistar Institute and Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City Announces Friendly Super Bowl Wager between the Two Biomedical Research Institutes The Wistar Inst…
February 6, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (FEBRUARY, 6, 2023) — In a paper published in PNAS, Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Wistar’s Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and Ira Brind Professor and Program Leade…
January 31, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (JANUARY 31, 2022) — The Cotswold Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship is a new fellowship totaling $500,000 over the course of five years to support a postdoctoral researcher studying…
January 24, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (Jan. 24, 2023) — The Wistar Institute, which has recently launched a $75 million programmatic campaign investing in biomedical advances, announces the appointment of Michael Criscuo…
January 19, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (Jan. 19, 2023) — amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., in collaboration with Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., a Target Grant for $397,6…