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New Pancreatic Cancer Tumor Categories May Inform Treatment Decisions
New research suggests that pancreatic tumors can be classified into two broad categories – and this information can help guide […]
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In Memoriam: David Boothman, PhD
We are extremely sad to share that Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) research grant recipient David Boothman, PhD, died on […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Wantong Yao, MD, PhD
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Yuan Chen, PhD
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Ingunn Stromnes, PhD
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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Meet a Research Grantee: Dannielle Engle, PhD
Editor’s note: We recently announced the recipients of our 2019 research grants, awarded through a competitive, peer-review process. Now we’d […]
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A Look into the Research Lab
Editor’s note: May is National Cancer Research Month, and we recently had the opportunity to speak with two leading pancreatic […]
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Grantee Discovers New Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
A study published in Nature today describes how mutant KRAS impacts pancreatic cancer cells’ ability to gather nutrients – and […]
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What a Researcher Learned Developing a New Drug for Pancreatic Cancer
Editor’s note: In this Washington Post article, Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz wrote about his experience launching biopharmaceutical company Nivien Therapeutics in […]
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I Demand Better: Stephanie Dougan, PhD
Editor’s note: Stephanie Dougan, PhD, is an immunologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She is also the recipient of […]
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I Demand Better: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
Editor’s note: Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD, is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where he also heads a […]
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I Demand Better: Anirban Maitra, MBBS
Editor’s note: Anirban Maitra, MBBS, is Scientific Director of the Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Center for Pancreatic Research […]
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I Demand Better: Michael Curran, PhD
Editor’s note: Michael Curran, PhD, is a 2018 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) Translational Research Grant recipient. He is an […]
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It Starts with Someone: Drs. Michael Curran and Randy Pausch
Editor’s note: On July 25, 2008, 10 years ago today, professor Randy Pausch, PhD, of “The Last Lecture” fame, died […]
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A Grantee’s Long Road ‘Home’ to Research
If you had asked Jason Doles, PhD, five years ago where he anticipated he’d be today, he would not have […]
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It Starts with Someone: Drs. Howard Crawford and Lynn Matrisian
Editor’s note: Our “It Starts with Someone” series chronicles all kinds of Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) supporters – volunteers, […]
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How Tragedy Fuels a Researcher’s Fight to Find a Cure
Not all heroes wear capes; some of them wear lab coats. And if Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc, were to gain superhero […]
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Love at First Lab Meeting
Both Wantong Yao, MD, PhD, and Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD, underwent medical training in China. They both became deeply interested […]
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The Road to Effective Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Last week, we shared the exciting news that an immunotherapy agent, Keytruda, was the first drug approved by the FDA […]
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Running Away from Home: Grantee Explores What Makes Pancreatic Cancer Cells Spread
Changes that cause a normal cell to become cancerous are often genetic in nature – mutations or altered expression of […]
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