Using rooom to Build a Community
Together with the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) and the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund (AIM-HI) we hosted a charitable hybrid combo event on October 30 2021 – our first big project in the United States. While the live event took place at…
National Foundation for Cancer Research Welcomes Three New Board Members
National Foundation for Cancer Research Appoints Brain Cancer Charity CEO, Renowned Cancer Researcher, and Dermatology Professor as Newest Board Members FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2022 Maryland – The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) has announced three new experts…
Cancer Drug Design Company Associated with Longtime NFCR Support Attracts New Investment
Rasio Therapeutics, a company whose cancer drug research technology was developed and applied in part with funding provided over many years by the National Foundation for Cancer Research to University of Maryland, Baltimore, researcher Curt Civin, has raised additional investment…
NFCR CMO Brian Leyland-Jones Featured in Pancreatic Cancer Risk Overview
Insights from National Foundation for Cancer Research Chief Medical Officer Brian Leyland-Jones, along with such other authoritative sources as Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Mayo Clinic and the U.S. National Cancer Institute, are featured in this Eat This, Not That! overview…
National Foundation for Cancer Research Announces 2021 Salisbury Award Competition Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2021 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Corporate Outreach E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 The Program is Designed to Catalyze and Advance Promising Cancer Research Innovations onto a Path of…
Interview with NFCR CEO Sujuan Ba Featured in BioBuzz—a Popular Regional Industry News Source
5 Questions With…” is a weekly BioBuzz series where interesting people share a little about themselves, their work and maybe something completely unrelated. This week the series features Dr. Sujuan Ba, president and chief executive officer of the National Foundation…
Applications Open for the National Foundation for Cancer Research’s Salisbury Award Competition for Entrepreneurial Translational Cancer Research
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2020 CONTACT: National Foundation for Cancer Research Bradley Gillenwater, Senior Director for Corporate Outreach E-mail: bgillenwater@nfcr.org / Phone: 301-961-9161 The Program is Designed to Catalyze and Advance Promising Cancer Research Innovations onto a Path of…
Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAACR, To Receive Inaugural AACR Scientific Achievement Award Established in His Honor
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announced today that Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, FACP, FASCO, FAACR, will receive the inaugural AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research.…
Understanding the Role of Physical Traits of Cancer on Tumor Growth
To better understand tumor initiation and growth, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) Fellow Dr. Rakesh Jain and colleagues continue to investigate the role of the physical microenvironment surrounding cancer cells. When a tumor is growing, the tissues that surround…