( Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation ) The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announced that five scientists with novel approaches to fighting cancer have been named 2012 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. The grant of $450,000 over three years is awarded each year to early career scientists whose projects have the potential to significantly impact the prevention …
( Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research ) Scientists from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Brussels identified a new target for cancer therapy, an enzyme which prevents the immune system from recognizing and destroying certain types of tumors. Called tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase or TDO, the enzyme works by depriving immune cells of tryptophan, an amino acid essential to their activity …
( The Translational Genomics Research Institute ) The Translational Genomics Research Institute and the University of Arizona have received a three-year, $600,000 grant to study targeted cancer therapies from the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
GALVESTON — Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have been awarded a $578,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to institute a fluorescent imaging research program that detects cancer cells that have been engineered to glow in the dark so they can be precisely pinpointed as they grow and spread throughout the body.
Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — Leading Texas veterinarians are mobilizing to enlist pets in the testing of experimental cancer therapies, a potential benefit to not just dogs and cats but people. The veterinarians recently set up a registry they hope …
Veterinarians: Pets can help with cancer research Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:16 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2012 The veterinarians recently set up a registry they hope will connect pet owners and cancer researchers and show that diseased pets — dogs in particular …
