[caption id="attachment_27050" align="aligncenter" width="680"] George Unverzagt (top left), Jeff Hemmerlin (bottom right) and fellow musicians at the November 2018 cancer research benefit concert[/caption] The general manager of a utility company, George Unverzagt too is a guitarist and singer-songwriter with a bluesy, folk Americana band popular throughout...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="27042" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]In what could be a major breakthrough, scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea claim to have identified the cellular origin of glioblastoma, a fast-growing type of central nervous system tumor that...
The human body normally runs like a well-oiled machine. It is able to activate muscles and run repairs without a conscious thought. One of the truly fascinating components of the human body is the immune system. The immune system is able to identify potentially harmful...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Men often talk about news, politics, and sports with their friends. That’s great, but this week men across the country are encouraged to talk about something else: their health. Starting today and extending through to Father’s Day, the nation is turning blue for Men’s...
Chaos can be surprisingly orderly. While cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth, that growth is, nevertheless, the result of a very particular cascade of events, from carcinogen exposure to genetic mutations. Interfere with that cascade, and cancer can be ground to a halt, or...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26978" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Ask any parent about their child fighting cancer, and words like “nightmare” and “helpless” will almost certainly be part of the conversation. Within pediatric cancer medicine, the entire field faces the brutal reality that chemotherapy, surgery, and most other cancer treatments...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 3, 2019 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Program Management E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 Becomes the Fifth National Foundation for Cancer Research Scientist to Receive the Honor ROCKVILLE, MD – National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) Fellow Susan Band Horwitz,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26930" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Cancer drugs are effective at prolonging life and its quality, cures for some forms of the disease that had previously been bearers of certain death, and preventive vaccines that all but eliminate risks of other forms—these have been the fruits...
The work of at least seven National Foundation for Cancer Research scientists will be featured during the 55th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), most prominently, Rakesh Jain, Ph.D. He will join over 30,000 physicians, researchers, administrators and other professionals for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In addition to its position as one of the premier cancer research support organizations in the U.S., the National Foundation for Cancer Research has also long served as a trusted resource for all. Our organization is doing everything in our power to bolster efforts by...
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