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Epigenetics: A New Frontier in Cancer Treatment

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January 19, 2017

Study: Some Ribosomal Proteins Are More Complex and Multi-Faceted Than Previously Understood

Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center challenged the notion that ribosomal proteins are static and perform only the function of translating RNA to protein, finding that they are dynamic and can influence cellular processes by performing “extraribosomal” ...

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Study: Some Ribosomal Proteins Are More Complex and Multi-Faceted Than Previously Understood

December 1, 2016

Trainee Spotlight: Yifan Wang, PhD

  Yifan Wang, PhDPostdoc AssociateDr. Neil Johnson's LabFox Chase Cancer [email protected]   BiographyWhen I was young I never dreamed of being a scientist until my father died of liver cancer when I was twelve years old.&nb...

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Trainee Spotlight: Yifan Wang, PhD

November 30, 2016

Facing Lung Cancer Together

 November was National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Fox Chase Cancer Center started off the month with Together Facing Lung Cancer, an event that united lung cancer survivors, caregivers, and health care professionals for an evening of education, d...

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Facing Lung Cancer Together

November 30, 2016

The Study That Launched 50,000 Papers (and Counting)

Fox Chase Scientists Celebrate 25 Years of AKT-Related Research By Bryan Bechtel October 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of a landmark study that originated in a laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The study, called “A Retroviral Oncogene, AKT, Enc...

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The Study That Launched 50,000 Papers (and Counting)

November 21, 2016

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center Identify a Large Number of New Cancer-Fighting Molecules

A research team led by Alexei Tulin, PhD, associate professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has identified a new group of chemicals that are effective at eliminating cancer in living tissue. This discovery prompted a fruitful collaboration with several Fox Ch...

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Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center Identify a Large Number of New Cancer-Fighting Molecules

November 1, 2016

Trainee Spotlight: Yong Zhang, MD, PhD

  Yong Zhang, MD, PhDResearch AssociateDr. David Wiest's LabFox Chase Cancer [email protected]  BiographyThirteen years ago, when I was an MD/MS student at the Medical College of Soochow University in China, I beca...

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