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- Young Investigator Awards honor given to UCLA prostate cancer researcher
Dr. Hans David Ulmert, a new member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is being honored by the Society for Basic Urologic Research with their annual Young Investigator Awards.
November 15, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - Researchers identify a mechanism that fuels cancer cells’ growth
UCLA scientists have identified sodium glucose transporter 2, or SGLT2, as a mechanism that lung cancer cells can utilize to obtain glucose, which is key to their survival and promotes tumor growth.
November 14, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - NIH grant awarded to UCLA researchers to establish Center for the Early Detection of Liver Cancer
A group of researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Health to create a center dedicated to developing an effective and affordable blood-based cancer-screening test to help detect liver cancer early.
November 07, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - Low-fat diet increases cancer survival rate in mice, study finds
Something as simple as a change in diet can potentially help to increase the cancer survival rate of obese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, according to a new study by UCLA scientists.
October 31, 2018 6:00 PM
detail - UCLA cancer treatment gave this woman more than just hope
Denise Delatorre felt a lump in her stomach that she knew was serious. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, one of the most common blood cancers. When chemotherapy didn’t work, she enrolled in UCLA’s first CAR T clinical trial. Today, Denise is in sustained remission. This is her story.
October 31, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - Two-cells-in-one combo could be platform to bolster leukemia treatment
UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a fibroblast cell’s ability to migrate to a wound and participate in its healing process. The study’s results could help scientists prevent cancer cells from using the same mechanisms to move throughout the body and spread.
October 29, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - Investigators study how a protein factor involved in making messenger RNA molecules also contributes to cancer cell migration
UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a fibroblast cell’s ability to migrate to a wound and participate in its healing process. The study’s results could help scientists prevent cancer cells from using the same mechanisms to move throughout the body and spread.
October 26, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - Cancer researcher receives grant from The Mary Kay Foundation
Dr. Roger Lo has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation to conduct research that helps doctors and scientists better understand cancers that affect women.
October 24, 2018 3:00 PM
detail - Oncologist’s research recognized as among year’s best scientific work
Dr. Amar Kishan will receive the 2018 Publication Award from the Radiation Oncology Institute in recognition of his outstanding manuscript that highlighted the value of radiation therapy in the treatment of aggressive prostate cancer.
October 22, 2018 8:00 AM
detail - UCLA scientists develop a nano-enabled chemo-immunotherapy platform for breast cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a novel nanotechnology platform, which uses nanoparticles to deliver a selected cancer drug to the pancreatic cancer tumor environment where it induces a special form of tumor cell death known as immunogenic cell death or ICD.
October 16, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - Childhood trauma, depression linked to higher risk of longer-term fatigue in breast cancer survivors
Breast cancer survivors who experienced trauma early in life and depression after their cancer treatments are at increased risk of persistent fatigue, a new UCLA study shows.
October 15, 2018 12:00 PM
detail - UCLA neurosurgeon named to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Linda Liau, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon-scientist and chair of the neurosurgery department at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been elected by her peers to the National Academy of Medicine.
October 15, 2018 8:30 AM
detail - Cancer researcher honored for work benefiting patients and families
Dr. Patricia A. Ganz will be honored with the Clinical Research Award by the Association of Community Cancer Centers at the National Oncology Conference in October. Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is being recognized for her pioneering work in research that has had a significant impact on oncology patients, their families and the community.
October 09, 2018 9:00 AM
detail - UCLA is awarded $5 million to develop tools to detect lung cancer earlier
Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have been awarded $5 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute to develop liquid biopsy tools for testing individuals who could have lung cancer.
October 08, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - UCLA researchers discover aggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms
UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small cell cancers of the prostate and lung. These shared molecular mechanisms could lead to the development of drugs to treat not just prostate and lung cancers, but small cell cancers of almost any organ.
October 04, 2018 11:00 AM
detail - Researcher honored for work developing new treatments for prostate cancer
Andrew Goldstein, an assistant professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology and urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will be honored by the American Cancer Society with its Giants of Science Hope award.
September 28, 2018 12:00 PM
detail - Overlooked molecule may play a role in cancer cell spreading
UCLA researchers have discovered a new molecular player in cell invasion. A previously overlooked molecule, a short form of the protein RECK, has been found to be essential for the migration of cells. The long, canonical form of RECK inhibits invasion through tissue and is a tumor suppressor.
September 27, 2018 8:00 AM
detail - Finding ways to improve the survival for men with advanced prostate cancer
UCLA researchers have discovered genetic similarities between the adult stem cells responsible for maintaining and repairing epithelial tissues — which line all of the organs and cavities inside the body — and the cells that drive aggressive epithelial cancers.
September 20, 2018 7:00 AM
detail - Researchers find adult stem cell characteristics in aggressive cancers from different tissues
UCLA researchers have discovered genetic similarities between the adult stem cells responsible for maintaining and repairing epithelial tissues — which line all of the organs and cavities inside the body — and the cells that drive aggressive epithelial cancers.
September 18, 2018 10:00 AM
detail - Acclaimed specialist in big data and cancer joins David Geffen School of Medicine
Internationally acclaimed cancer genomics researcher Dr. Paul C. Boutros will join the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in key leadership roles within the school and at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
September 17, 2018 1:00 PM
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