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UPDATE! Wistar Receives Refunds for Research Courtesy of PA Breast Cancer Coalition & Pennsylvania Taxpayers
February 13, 2013
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As we file our state taxes, our Pennsylvania friends and neighbors are contributing directly to cancer research through the PA Breast Cancer Coalition’s Refunds for Research program. This week, the PBCC announced that Wistar’s Ramin Shiekhattar, Ph.D., will receive a $50,000 grant to track down the molecular pathways that allow mutations in BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 genes to drive breast and ovarian cancer.
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Cancer, Funding
Expert Opinion: Melanoma Risk Still High in the Winter.
January 23, 2013
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It may not seem like it, but the winter sun still packs a punch, especially when it comes to melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. “There’s a saying we like to use: ‘Melanoma doesn’t hibernate.’ So just because it’s cold outside does not mean sun exposure can’t be dangerous,” said Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D.
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Cancer, Melanoma
In Memoriam: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
December 30, 2012
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The world lost a great military hero and staunch cancer research advocate with the passing on Thursday, December 27, 2012, of retired General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
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So, what do you do?
December 14, 2012
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Hear Wistar’s own Frank Rauscher III, Ph.D. on The Pulse, a new WHYY Newsworks series dedicated sharing to sharing stories at the heart of science, health and innovation. In this conversational interview, Temple University professor Jonathan Singer prompted Dr. Rauscher with the age-old question: “So, what do you do?”
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Cancer