[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="14338" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]Snacking on salsa is a simple and tasty way to add cancer-fighting fruits and veggies to your diet. With a variety of ingredients from tomatoes, jalapenos or habanero peppers to mangoes, pineapples, strawberries and even beans, salsa can spice...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Glioblastoma multiforme—also known as GBM—is the most lethal form of brain cancer in adults. This devastating brain cancer spreads into other parts of the brain very quickly and is usually not surgically curable. Typically, radiation and chemotherapy are given with the hopes of delaying...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] What is a Brain Tumor? Of the nearly 80,000 brain tumors diagnosed in the U.S. each year, approximately 32% are considered malignant – or cancerous. Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumor of the brain or spinal cord in his...
More than 170 guests enjoyed a fabulous Monday evening at the National Press Club recognizing Michael N. Hall, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel in Switzerland, as the 2017 recipient of the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="63797" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""] May is National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Month and Melanoma Awareness Month. As skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S. and the most treatable, when caught early, it’s important to understand what you can do...
In honor of National Medical Laboratory Professional Week, we’d like to highlight a few of the many accomplishments of NFCR-funded scientist, Dr. Rakesh Jain. About Dr. Rakesh Jain Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D., Andrew Werk Cook professor of tumor biology (radiation oncology) at Harvard Medical School and director...
Testing new treatments is key to successfully treating cancer. Unfortunately, the current model for conducting clinical trials — evaluating the effectiveness of therapies on human subjects — is inefficient, expensive and suffers from high failure rates. To overcome these challenges, the practice of adaptive trials is...
The Szent-Györgyi Prize was established in honor of Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi, co-founder of NFCR, to recognize outstanding scientific achievement in the war against cancer. Ten years later, “ASG Winners: Then & Now” looks at these winners, their extraordinary contributions and how their discoveries...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_empty_space height="22px"][vc_single_image image="14199" img_size="large" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=""] What is “genomics”? Cancer develops when genetic material (DNA) becomes damaged or changed. We know some cancer-causing genetic changes are acquired (e.g., smoking), while others are inherited. Studying cancer genomics explores the differences between cancer cells and normal...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13489" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Garlic has been used as both food and medicine for thousands of years. Today, it is used to help prevent heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and to boost the immune system. Research has shown that eating garlic regularly...
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