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Stanford Cancer Institute News
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White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities
SCI member Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH along with Instacart has risen to the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities.
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Colorectal cancer: Recent research and insight
In observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and to learn more about recent advancements in the treatment and knowledge of CRC, we talked to SCI members George A. Fisher Jr., MD, and Steven M. Corsello, MD.
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In Vivo Tracking of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells
Wei (Emma) Wu, PhD, and team describe their recent study working with iron oxide nanoparticles as CAR T-cell trackers.
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Allison Betof Warner joins the Stanford Cancer Institute
The Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) is excited to welcome new faculty member Allison Betof in the Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology.
Stanford Medicine News: Cancer
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Going to the dark(er) side: Stanford Medicine study shows how cancer gene tricks immune cells
A novel Stanford School of Medicine partnership uncovers a direct link between a cancer-associated gene, Myc, and sugar patterns on cancer cell surfaces that tell immune cells to stand down.
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Stanford Medicine scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer
Researchers found that when they turned cancer cells into immune cells, they were able to teach other immune cells how to attack cancer.
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Black-sheep immune cells activated to eliminate tumors in laboratory mice
Neutrophils often suppress the immune system’s response to cancer, but when activated, they eliminate several types of tumors in laboratory mice, a study led by Stanford Medicine has found.
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Stanford University and The Invus Group collaborate to develop glioblastoma drugs
The collaboration will enable the development of medications to treat a type of brain cancer.
Scope Blog
Stanford University News: Cancer
Stanford engineers develop new wearable device to monitor tumor size
Stanford engineers develop new wearable device to monitor tumor size
Lorry I. Lokey, alum and philanthropist who transformed Stanford, dies at 95
Lorry I. Lokey, ’49, a self-made media titan who founded Business Wire and pledged his wealth to Stanford and other philanthropic causes, died on Oct. 1. He was 95.
Stanford scientists develop new method to faster – and more accurately – find antigens that trigger specific immune cells
Their approach, which mimics the physical forces exerted by immune cells as they crawl over host cells, could help scientists develop more effective cancer immunotherapies.
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