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Wistar and Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pa. Forge Collaboration to Accelerate Technology Commercialization
Wistar Team Receives Prestigious Award from National Clinical Research Forum for DNA-based Zika Research 
Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D.
Targeting Telomerase as a Therapeutic Strategy for Difficult-to-Treat Melanoma
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Supports MERS & Lassa Enhanced DNA Vaccine Technology to Expedite Vaccine Development
HIV AIDS
Top HIV Cure Research Team Refutes Major Recent Results on How to Identify HIV Persistence

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Dr. Shirley M. Tilgham
Blog Post
Apr. 16, 2018

Celebrating Women Scientists to Close the Gender Gap

The Helen Dean King award is named after Dr. Helen Dean King – a well-respected geneticist and member of Wistar's research staff from 1908 to 1950 who was instrumental in breeding the first standardized laboratory model known as the Wistar rat, which is still used worldwide today.

Keith Lampman-Perlman
Blog Post
Mar. 16, 2018

Leadership Council & Matters of Science

Wistar's newest Leadership Council member Keith Lampman-Perlman is focused on making new connections for Wistar that will become part of a cross-disciplinary network of support dedicated to cutting edge research.

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