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Wistar Postdoc Young Chan Chae, Ph.D., Receives 2013 Chern Memorial Award
June 18, 2013
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Young Chan Chae, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Altieri Laboratory, wins the 2013 Ching Jer Chern Memorial Award for the best scientific paper. The Chern Award is given in memory of Ching Jer Chern, Ph.D., a member of Wistar’s scientific staff from 1974 until his death from cancer in 1987. His wife June Chern established the endowment that funds the award in 1989 and she and her family continue to support the efforts of Wistar’s postdoctoral fellows.
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Can a Diabetes Drug Improve Melanoma Therapy?
June 11, 2013
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In the current issue of the journal Cancer Cell, Wistar research describe how a drug developed against diabetes might improve the performance of anti-melanoma drugs.
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Cancer, Melanoma
Brigadier General Isaac Wistar’s Civil War Relics Head South for New Exhibit
June 4, 2013
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Several remarkable Civil War artifacts from The Wistar Institute vault will travel to Virginia’s Colonial National Historical Park as part of an exhibit honoring the Institute's founder Gen. Isaac J. Wistar, on view from July 20, 2013, through May, 2014.
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Wistar Celebrates Melanoma Research at Citizens Bank Park
May 24, 2013
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On May 19th, 2013, The Wistar Institute hosted Melanoma Awareness Day at Citizens Bank Park, presented by Citizens Bank and Independence Blue Cross.
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Events, Melanoma