NFCR-Affiliated Brain Cancer Scientist’s Efforts Recognized Across the Pacific
W.K. Alfred Yung, M.D., a brain cancer researcher and former National Foundation for Cancer Research fellow, was last week presented with the 3rd Annual SNOChina Award for Outstanding Contributions of International Cooperation by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association’s (CMDA) Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO). The presentation was made at the 3rd…...
Cancer Genomics Research: A Young and Exciting Field
Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping and editing of genomes, which itself is a specific organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. While DNA was first isolated in 1869, and its structure identified in 1953, genomes were not first…...
Salisbury Award Launched by National Foundation for Cancer Research
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2019 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Global Programs & Communications E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 New Program Widens NFCR’s Translational Research Scope, Honors Family’s Contributions ROCKVILLE, MD – The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) last Thursday, February 21st,…...










