A Closer Look at Glioblastoma and New Reasons for Hope

Approximately 15,000 Americans will be diagnosed with glioblastoma this year. Although considered a rare cancer, doctors are seeing an increase in cases of the aggressive and deadly brain cancer that’s notoriously hard to treat. A local organization that’s helping enroll…

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After Nearly 4 Decades of Research, W.K. Alfred Yung, MD, Sees a New Era Ahead for Advances in Brain Tumors

After he was not accepted into the University of Hong Kong, plan B for W.K. Alfred Yung, MD, was to leave his country and immigrate to the United States to attend the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis—a move he considers…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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