by Garth Sundem | May 13, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Paul Norman, PhD Paul Norman, PhD, was born in the Midlands region of Central England in the county town of Shrewsbury, which, coincidentally, is also the birthplace of the naturalist and explorer, Charles Darwin. And like Darwin, Norman set out on a mission to...
by Erika Matich | Apr 30, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
Three University of Colorado Cancer Center scientists are among the latest to receive awards from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest non-government source of funding for childhood cancer research grants. Natalie Serkova, PhD Natalie Serkova, PhD, CU Cancer...
by Garth Sundem | Apr 3, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
The chemotherapy drug irinotecan creates DNA damage leading to cell death and is used to treat colorectal cancer, among other cancer types. Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting...
by Garth Sundem | Apr 2, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Carol Amato, William Robinson and colleagues show that Nf-KB signaling may show which melanomas are “hot” enough to respond to immunotherapy Melanomas tend to be “hot” or “cold” – if they’re hot, immunotherapy lights melanoma tumors like beacons for...
by Garth Sundem | Apr 1, 2019 | Latest News, Research
Tobacco use causes a field of precancerous cells, increasing the risk of developing head & neck cancer. But exactly how this precancerous field influences cancer has been often overlooked. Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American...
by Taylor Abarca | Mar 29, 2019 | Featured, Latest News, Research
More and more young people are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The increase is not small—the number of cases is up approximately 40 percent in the last 25 years. This is a stark contrast to the decrease of 40 percent in populations typically affected by...
