Recent News News Blog Press Releases In the News Featured News Publications Contact Us Featured News Mar. 3, 2021 Support That Runs Deep: Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Fundi... For almost 20 years, the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) has supported top Wistar researchers embarking on their scientific careers. Featured News Mar. 1, 2021 Cheyney Celebrated 184th Anniversary and Recognized Wistar With th... Cheyney University President Aaron Walton recognized Wistar during their Founder’s Day, presenting the Institute with the Institutional Partnership Award. Blog Post Feb. 24, 2021 Reigniting Workforce Development Amidst the Pandemic Wistar’s accelerated BTT Program means students can move into apprenticeships sooner to gain full time jobs. Featured News Feb. 17, 2021 A Virtual Glimpse Into Microscopic Life Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop Wistar from keeping up with a long-standing tradition that, for the past 18 years until this year, has brought hundreds of people to the… Blog Post Feb. 11, 2021 A Gene That Shields Our Skin From the Damages of UV Rays Dr. Chengyu Liang, who joined the Wistar faculty in July 2020, leads an exciting research program that investigates fundamental cellular processes in the context of infectious disease and cancer… Blog Post Feb. 9, 2021 Tom’s America President Altieri remembers his late mentor Thomas Scott Edgington Thomas Scott Edgington died in La Jolla, California, on January 22, 2021 from heart disease. He was a towering figure in… Featured News Feb. 9, 2021 Wistar Welcomes Cheyney University Students On Feb. 4, Wistar welcomed eight students from Cheyney University that will take a Biomedical Research Methods course especially developed for their training as part of the Wistar-Cheyney… Blog Post Feb. 5, 2021 The Bacteria Whisperer: Bacterial Chatter and Antibiotic Resistanc... Antibiotic-resistant bacteria keep Dr. Bonnie Bassler up at night. The Princeton molecular biologist who made groundbreaking discoveries demonstrating that bacteria communicate and orchestrate… Blog Post Jan. 25, 2021 In Severe COVID-19, What Happens in the Gut Doesn’t Stay in the Gu... Shortly after the pandemic began, when doctors and scientists knew little to nothing about the novel coronavirus that has been sweeping across the globe for almost a year now, one thing became… Blog Post Jan. 25, 2021 Immuno-antibiotics: A New Frontier in the Fight Against Antimicrob... Have you ever taken antibiotics for a sore throat and ended the treatment as soon as the symptoms disappeared and without finishing the course of medicine? This is a common mistake many of us have… Blog Post Jan. 25, 2021 Latest Wistar Discoveries Wistar scientists uncovered the role of stress hormones in cancer recurrence; interfered with specific metabolic needs of cancer cells as possible new therapies; created an advanced preclinical… Press Release Jan. 21, 2021 Wistar Scientists Make Pivotal Discovery on the Mechanism of Epste... A previously unknown enzymatic function of the EBNA1 viral protein might instruct new approaches for EBV-associated cancer. Communications In the News Check out some of the recent media coverage Wistar and its scientists have received. Publications View our Annual Report, Focus magazine and sign-up for our monthly e-newsletter. Media Inquiries If you are a member of the media and would like to speak with a Wistar scientists on any matter, please contact our Communications and Marketing Department.
