Tag: cancer research

  • Nation & World

    PTSD linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer

    A new study finds that women who have greater numbers of PTSD symptoms are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

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    PTSD marked in book
  • Nation & World

    Ludwig Cancer Research awards HMS $90M

    Ludwig Cancer Research, on behalf of its founder, Daniel K. Ludwig, has given Harvard Medical School $90 million to spur innovative scientific inquiry and discovery. According to the Ludwig announcement, this new financial support is among the largest private gifts ever for cancer research.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Developing cancer drugs

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have identified in the most aggressive forms of cancer a gene known to regulate embryonic stem cell self-renewal, beginning a creative search for a drug that can block its activity.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Skin cancer detection breakthrough

    Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have pinpointed when seemingly innocuous skin pigment cells mutate into melanoma.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    AIMBE inducts Ingber to College of Fellows

    The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced on Feb. 4 that its founding director, Donald E. Ingber, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows.

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