The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the NCCN Foundation announce four recipients for the 2025 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA).
The American Sociological Association leads a coalition of major sociological organizations in issuing an open letter defending sociology's vital role in universities and society while condemning recent federal actions that threaten academic inquiry and free speech.
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, executive vice president of Medicine and Health Sciences and dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)鈥攐ne of the world鈥檚 largest and most prestigious scientific societies and publisher of the Science journals.
Two researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific society in the world and publisher of the Science family of journals.
Researcher Thomas Vilgis wondered if there was a more ethical way to enjoy foie gras, so he and his colleagues created a process to replicate the dish without force-feeding ducks and geese beyond their normal diets.
CUR has selected the city of Richmond, VA to hold the 2026 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). In partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University, NCUR 2026 will be an opportunity for undergraduate students and their mentors from around the world to present their research, celebrate their successes, and prepare for the future.
Scientists at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Toronto have revealed how a tiny chemical modification in RNA, known as m6A, plays a critical role in the progression of prostate cancer, including driving some of its most dangerous forms of the disease.
The American Physiological Society (APS) is proud to announce the successful implementation of Subscribe to Open (S2O), achieving its goal of making 10 of its primary research journals fully open access in 2025 through S2O.
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Academic articles written by Chula Engineering Faculty and students have received the JDR Annual Awards and were published in the Journal of Disaster Research, Issue 20(1), February 2025.
Physician-scientist Theodore Scott Nowicki, MD, PhD, an assistant professor-in-residence of pediatric hematology/oncology and microbiology, immunology, & molecular genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been awarded a $4.5 million R37 MERIT Award to help improve the effectiveness of cellular therapies for solid tumors.
New patient webinar from NCCN Foundation addresses:
1. What is the Purpose of Cancer Clinical Trials?
2. What is the Role of Clinical Trials in Cancer Treatment, Including Risks and Benefits?
3. How do you Access Cancer Clinical Trials?
A discovery by Mayo Clinic researchers may help explain why immunotherapy hasn't been helpful for many patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. In findings published in Clinical Cancer Research, the team identified specific proteins 鈥 fibronectin and smooth muscle actin 鈥 within colorectal cancer tissues that are associated with resistance to immunotherapy treatment.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will aid Wayne State University researchers in finding new insights into diabetes and its onset.
CUR congratulates its 2024 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA) awardees: St. Catherine University (St. Kate鈥檚) (Saint Paul, MN) and West Virginia University (WVU) (Morgantown, WV). This award recognizes institutions with exemplary programs that provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduates. A celebration of these awardees will take place on June 10, virtually.
Now in its tenth year, the AURA award draws on CUR鈥檚 Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research (COEUR), which outlines criteria for exceptional undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity programs. For AURA recognition, campuses must demonstrate depth and breadth in their undergraduate research initiatives and evidence of continual innovation. Institutions of different Carnegie classifications are considered for the award.
Ludwig Cancer Research congratulates Douglas Hanahan, Ludwig Distinguished Scholar at the Lausanne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, on his selection as recipient of the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research.