Turning on or off one or more genes at the wrong time or in the wrong cells can dramatically alter their activity and lead to unrestrained growth and cancer. Therefore, numerous control mechanisms ar…
Milestone discoveries made at The Wistar Institute have led to the development of vaccines that protect children and adults from widespread and life-threatening diseases and have saved countless live…
Wistar joins the American Association for Cancer Research and many other organizations in raising awareness on the importance of cancer research. In 2018, the world saw more than 18 million new cases…
University Place Associates (UPA) celebrated the groundbreaking of soon-to-be-constructed 3.0 University Place, a more than 250,000 square foot, technologically advanced and environmentally sustainab…
A team of Wistar scientists led by Dr. David Weiner, Wistar executive vice president, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center and W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Profe…
Two institutions forge a valuable international collaboration based on training and emerging research alignment. Wistar and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in the Netherlands have started bui…
Congratulations to Ebony Gary, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow from the Weiner lab, for receiving the 2021 AAI Trainee Abstract Award from the American Association of Immunology and having her a…
Katelyn Miller, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Wistar lab of Dr. Zach Schug, is the recipient of the prized Rena and Victor Damone Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research from the American Canc…
This year, the National Cancer Institute commemorates the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, which changed the course of cancer research history in the U.S. In 1972, The Wistar In…
Receiving an endowed professorship is a defining moment in a scientist’s career. Dr. Rugang Zhang has been named the Christopher M. Davis Professor and was honored at a virtual event that gathered to…
