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April 17, 2023

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="57836" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are proud to announce that sixteen of the National Foundation for Cancer Research’s (NFCR) supported scientists will have their work featured as part of the world-renowned American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) Annual Meeting this year. Those researchers include:[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Danny Welch Suzanne...

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May 11, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="49579" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]The National Foundation for Cancer Research is proud to acknowledge the recent recognition of 10 of our affiliates honored in the top 1000 researchers in medicine. The publisher of these rankings is Research.com.  Several Szent-Györgyi Prize winners, such as Steven Rosenberg, Carlo Croce,...

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April 7, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="48602" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] NFCR affiliated scientists will be well represented at the 113th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which runs from April 8th through April 13th in New Orleans. This event is one of the most important gatherings of cancer...

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January 12, 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="47035" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]The National Foundation for Cancer Research remembers and recognizes the contributions of Beatrice Mintz, Ph.D., who passed away on January 3, 2022, at the age of 100. We are saddened by her loss. Dr. Mintz was the winner of NFCR’s 2011 Szent-Györgyi Prize...

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July 13, 2020

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The National Foundation for Cancer Research honors the life of Dr. Zena Werb, who passed on June 16th, 2020.  A world-renowned cell biologist, Dr. Werb was professor and vice-chair in the Department of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and associate director...

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January 4, 2019

The National Foundation for Cancer Research remembers and recognizes the contributions of Waun Ki Hong, M.D., F.A.C.P., D.M.Sc. (Hon.), who passed away on January 2, 2019, at the age of 76. Born in 1942 in what is now South Korea, amidst World War II and before...

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December 7, 2018

[caption id="attachment_24161" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Mechanism of action of aromatase inhibitors in post menopausal women and in breast cancer[/caption] While recent medical discoveries, from drugs to imaging techniques, continue to revolutionize cancer care, none of them would be possible without foundations having been laid years, or even...

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November 28, 2018

       The National Foundation for Cancer Research remembers and recognizes the contributions of Aaron Klug, Ph.D., who passed away on November 20, 2018, at the age of 92. Born in Lithuania to a Jewish family in 1926, Aaron Klug grew up in South Africa...