Press Releases
June 20, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (June 20, 2023) — When cancer that starts in the body metastasizes to the brain, it is almost always lethal, in part because so few treatment options exist. Now a new study by Wistar s…
May 10, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — (May 10, 2023) — GeneOne Life Science, Inc.(“GeneOne” KOSPI: 011000), a leading biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing nucleic-acid based treatments and novel small-molec…
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 a…
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 i…
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 managi…
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 produc…
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 Instit…
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 Leader…
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 Criscuolo…
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 $397,663…