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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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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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In Memoriam: Kenneth Scott, PhD
Pancreatic cancer researcher Kenneth Scott, PhD, associate professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, passed away […]
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Gloria Petersen, PhD: I Demand Better for All Patients
Editor’s note: Our focus for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month is “Demand Better. For Patients. For Survival.” Each week, we’re bringing […]
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Channing Der, PhD: I Demand Better for Patients and Families
Editor’s note: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month kicked off a few weeks early this year and continues through November. Our focus […]
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iHeart Radio Features Julie Fleshman on Oct. 15
This Sunday, Oct. 15, tune-in to iHeart Radio Dallas’ “Sunday Morning Magazine” public affairs show featuring Pancreatic Cancer Action Network […]
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Pancreatic Cancer Moves to the Forefront of Cancer Research Efforts
It was announced on Monday that the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas will give UT Southwestern a grant […]
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Study Identifies Surprising Culprit for Chemotherapy Resistance: Bacteria
Sometimes the most unexpected and unusual observations in the laboratory can lead to important results. Such was the case when […]
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Nebraska Volunteers and Researcher Praise New Cancer Center
The Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, a revolutionary cancer care facility in Nebraska, welcomed the PanCAN Omaha Affiliate recently […]
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PanCAN Bolsters Distinguished Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
We are delighted to announce the addition of five national leaders in the pancreatic cancer space to our prestigious Scientific […]
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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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It Starts with Someone: Florencia McAllister
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, but we are sharing it again this month in celebration and […]
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Deviant Immune Cells Incite Pancreatic Cancer
An all-star collaboration between three Pancreatic Cancer Action Network research grant recipients, representing three different institutions, has shown that immune […]
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Studying How a New Immunotherapy Works in Each Patient
Thanks to the generosity of donors, we awarded our largest-ever grant of $2 million in 2016 to accelerate a large-scale […]
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Critical Clues Toward Targeting KRAS Mutations
Two new research studies offer encouraging steps toward developing effective therapies to target the notoriously challenging RAS mutations. About 95 […]
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Women’s History Month: Celebrating Breakthroughs of Women in Science
Every morning, Rushika Perera, PhD, heads to her lab in San Francisco, eager to explore the biology of pancreatic cancer. […]
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Prestigious promotion for member of our research community
We are delighted to report that our grantee, Brian Wolpin, MD, MPH, has been appointed Robert T. and Judith B. […]
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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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Grant Recipient and His Collaborative Team Identify Cells that Can Give Rise to Pancreatic Cancer
In an insightful study published in the major journal Cell Stem Cell, Timothy Wang, MD, together with his colleagues and […]
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