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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Several posters will be presented at the upcoming @theaacr.bsky.social AM that feature cohorts created by @su2c.bsky.social funded teams. Check out the following abstracts for more information: 2713, 6473, 1045, 7742, and 5908. Congrats to all the presenters! #AACR26
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Massive congratulations to past and present members of the SU2C community selected as @theaacr.bsky.social fellows: Bill Nelson, Christina Curtis, Anil Rustgi, Anthony Letai, Charles Roberts, Alice Shaw, Ross Levine, Kim Stegmaier, Matt Vander Heiden, and Jen Wargo! www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
In a wide-ranging #SU2CInnovationSummit, scientists from many different fields discussed methods, technologies, and systems for catching cancers at their earliest stages and selecting the best treatments for every patient. #StandUpToCancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Another #SU2CInnovationSummit was focused on developing novel approaches for detecting and treating brain cancers called gliomas. #StandUpToCancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
In a #SU2CInnovationSummit held today, researchers reviewed the latest data on the surge in early-onset cancers and discussed potential approaches for improving early detection and treatment of cancer in these younger patients. #StandUpToCancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Researchers at the #SU2CScientificSummit gave us their one-word descriptions of #StandUpToCancer. Each word and phrase is a testament to our mission: Raise awareness and fund research to detect and treat cancers with the aspiration to cure all patients. 💛
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Stand Up To Cancer @su2c.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
We'd like to thank all the #StandUpToCancer researchers, advisors, reviewers, advocates, and funding collaborators who joined us for another motivational and powerful SU2C Scientific Summit. Together, the path to new cures is becoming clearer than ever. 🧡
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Stand Up To Cancer @su2c.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The annual #SU2CScientificSummit brings together top scientists to drive bold discoveries and transformative change in cancer research.
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Jonathan D. Licht, M.D. @jdlicht.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Exciting times at the 2026 #SU2CScientificSummit @su2c.bsky.social! Delighted to share that I’ve joined my friend Dr. Peter Jones as co-leader of the Van Andel Institute–Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team, which moves promising potential combination therapies for cancer into clinical trials.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thank you to our wonderful keynote speakers, #StandUpToCancer Prostate Cancer Dream Team leader Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan and SU2C Science Advisory Committee Vice Chair Dr. John Carpten. #SU2CScientificSummit
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A full day has begun at the #SU2CScientificSummit! We received inspiring remarks from #StandUpToCancer President and CEO Dr. Julian Adams, SU2C Science Advisory Committee Chair Dr. William G. Nelson, @theaacr.bsky.social CEO Dr. Marge Foti, and SU2C co-founder Sherry Lansing.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The other #SU2CInnovationSummit held today was a collaboration with the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, gathering researchers, advocates, & other stakeholders to chart a path forward for the early detection, screening, and treatment of HPV-related anal and oropharyngeal cancers. #StandUpToCancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In one #SU2CInnovationSummit held today, leading researchers discussed advances in cancer theranostics. Theranostics are like multitalented homing beacons: Molecules that allow doctors to clearly see tumors with imaging, like a PET scan, and that can also precisely deliver radiation to those tumors.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The #SU2CScientificSummit and five #SU2CInnovationSummits are taking place this week in Pasadena, California! Hundreds of scientists will be discussing the latest in cancer research and treatment, and identifying opportunities for rapid progress. Let the innovation begin! #StandUpToCancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Gastric cancer claims more than 750,000 lives each year. In partnership with @cancerresearchuk.org, we’ve extended funding for a research dream team that has developed a way to find and stop #gastriccancer at its earliest stages, when treatment is most effective. standuptocancer.org/latest-news/...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Lung cancer screening can save lives. Black men have the highest death rates from #lungcancer. A community-engaged strategy for overcoming screening barriers developed with @SU2C funding may help change that. @medunivsc.bsky.social @vcumassey.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/17...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A new clinical trial funded by @su2c.bsky.social and J&J for people with a difficult-to-treat disease called AL-amyloidosis. The trial, led by Dr. Suzanne Lentzsch of @columbiamed.bsky.social, will test the combination of (1/2) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Impact-AL: A phase 2 clinical trial of teclistamab and daratumumab in previously untreated AL amyloidosis
Background and Significance: Systemic immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis remains a challenging disease, with current frontline regimens faili…
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Dr. Julian Adams, President and CEO of @su2c.bsky.social, is at the @milkeninstitute.org today discussing innovations in #EarlyDetection and equitable cancer care. Panelists include @boehmjesse.bsky.social from @break-cancer.bsky.social, Ian Foulkes from @cancerresearchuk.org, and Maddie Musselman
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Last week, Dr. Julian Adams, President and CEO of @su2c.bsky.social, spoke at the #LongwoodHealthcareLeaders #BostonCEO 2025. The event covered a wide range of topics, including health equity and patient access to care. It was attended by top leaders in healthcare and select Nobel Laureates.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Will Freed-Pastor from @danafarber.bsky.social gave a phenomenal presentation on cryptic #antigens and their potential as targets for TCR-based therapies at the @theaacr.bsky.social Special Conference in #PancreaticCancer Research.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The 18th @theaacr.bsky.social Conference on the Science of #HealthDisparities took place in Baltimore from September 18-21. A special session held on Saturday featured a panel discussion, grantees, advocates, and other members of the @su2c.bsky.social community. Thanks to all in attendance!
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Michael Goggins, Maria Irene Canto, and a team of @su2c.bsky.social and @lustgarten.org funded researchers at @hopkinsmedicine.bsky.social have found a link between dilation of the #pancreatic duct and the development of #pancreaticcancer in high-risk individuals. www.ghadvances.org/article/S277...
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Mild dilatation of the main pancreatic duct is a risk factor for progression to pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals
Mild dilatation of the main pancreatic duct (MPD) can be an early indicator of an obstructing mass, but its clinical significance in asymptomatic high-risk individuals (HRI) undergoing surveillance ha...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Data for Children's and Young People's Cancer Programme Award is a new partnership between @su2c.bsky.social and @cancerresearchuk.org to support data-driven solutions to common challenges in this space. More information: cruk.ink/4njVxWU Informational webinar: cruk.ink/4gdAcw9
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The @su2c.bsky.social Catalyst®-@genentech.bsky.social‬ Team lpublished the results of Arm C of the NeoACTIVATE trial in the European Journal of Cancer showing that neoadjuvant atezolizumab/tiragolumab is a promising treatment regimen in stage III melanoma www.ejcancer.com/article/S095...
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NeoACTIVATE Arm C: Phase II trial of neoadjuvant atezolizumab and tiragolumab for high-risk operable Stage III melanoma
Neoadjuvant ± adjuvant immunotherapy improves event-free survival (EFS) versus adjuvant immunotherapy alone for high-risk resectable Stage III melanoma. However, the optimal regimen balancing efficacy...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A study in NatureComms uses #ML and a clinicogenomic dataset generated by the @su2c.bsky.social -@ ‪@acscan.bsky.social‬ Lung Cancer Dream Team to improve immune checkpoint monotherapy or combination #immunotherapy-#chemotherapy for patients with #NSCLC. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Machine-learning driven strategies for adapting immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC - Nature Communications
The approval of first line immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has improved outcomes for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC), however, whether patients would benefit more from IC...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Request for Applications! The @su2c.bsky.social - @CRUK Prevention, Early Stage Detection, and Interception of Recurrence Challenge is now open! For more information, click the link below or search Stand Up To Cancer in Proposal Central under Grant Opportunities. standuptocancer.org/science/gran...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
According to a paper published in ‪@cp-cancercell.bsky.social‬ by the @su2c.bsky.social‬ Colorectal Cancer Dream, they have been able to use mutagenic agents to engineer an MMRd genotype in immunoresistant cells to generate an immunogenic phenotype www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
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Induction of a mismatch repair deficient genotype by tailored chemical mutagenesis in experimental models of cancer
Rousseau et al. show that tailored mutagenic chemical treatment induces a mismatch repair deficient genotype by epigenetic Msh2 silencing leading to potent immune response in immunoresistant tumor mod...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The GBM chatbot is going live on the @su2c.bsky.social website on 7/16. This AI companion was developed by Jason Binder after his wife was diagnosed with glioblastoma to help patients and family members to understand glioblastoma, explore options, and feel less alone on this journey. #GBMDay
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
@su2c.bsky.social Convergence 3.1416 Research Team member Raul Rabadan published a review in @CR_AACR examining examples of noncoding mutations in cancer and comparing key AI models developed over the last decade for uncovering cancer-associated noncoding mutations. aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
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Illuminating the Noncoding Genome in Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence
Abstract. Understanding the vast noncoding cancer genome requires cutting-edge, high-resolution, and accessible strategies. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing cancer research, enabling advance...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
A project initiated by the @su2c.bsky.social Breast Cancer Dream Team was published in npj precision oncology utilizing cohort-level and individual networks to predict best response in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New Request for Applications! The @su2c.bsky.social Lung Cancer Early Detection Challenge is open! For information, please click the link below or search Stand Up To Cancer in Proposal Central under Grant Opportunities. #LungCancer #EarlyDetection #StandUpToCancer standuptocancer.org/science/gran...
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Grant and Award Opportunities | Stand Up To Cancer®
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) grants and awards fund cancer research projects that address critical problems in patient care and deliver near-term patient benefit through both individual and collaborative...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The @su2c.bsky.social‬ Multiple Myeloma Dream Team published in ‪@natgenet.nature.com describing their MM precursor genomic map in order to better inform risk assessment and monitoring of MM precursor conditions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genomic landscape of multiple myeloma and its precursor conditions - Nature Genetics
The genomic features of precursor conditions of multiple myeloma provide multiple biological insights into disease origins and evolution, together with opportunities to identify those at highest risk ...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Check out the upcoming New York Academy of Sciences Frontiers in Cancer Immunology Symposium. The event features several current and former @SU2C – funded researchers including @bengrbm.bsky.social, Jim Allison, Antoni Ribas, Taha Merghoub, and Padmanee Sharma. #immunology #cancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A new method shows unexpected behavior in molecular crowding during cell state transitions suggests density as a biomarker for precision medicine per a paper in @natbiomedeng.nature.com‬ from @su2c.bsky.social‬ Convergence 3.1416 Research Teams Scott Manalis ‪@mit.edu‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-throughput single-cell density measurements enable dynamic profiling of immune cell and drug response from patient samples - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A platform for profiling single-cell density reveals insights into the regulation of cell density homeostasis and patient drug responses.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
cfDNA approaches can identify therapeutic response of #pancreaticcancer patients per a paper from Victor Velculescu of the @su2c.bsky.social‬-@nkinl.bsky.social and @su2c.bsky.social y.social‬-@lungusa.bsky.social‬-@lungevity.bsky.social Dream Teams www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.…
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Genome-wide analyses of cell-free DNA for therapeutic monitoring of patients with pancreatic cancer
Noninvasive mutation-based and fragmentation-based cfDNA approaches can identify response to therapy in pancreatic cancer.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Work from the ‪@su2c.bsky.social‬Convergence 3.1416 Research Team led by Dan Littman from NYU and a Sharp Award was published in @nature.com‬ describing how dendritic cells are able to regulate T cell responses to food and microbes and contribute to food tolerance www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PRDM16-dependent antigen-presenting cells induce tolerance to gut antigens - Nature
A subset of antigen-presenting cells of myeloid origin that require PRDM16 and RORγt regulates T cell function to enable immune tolerance of food and commensal gut microorganisms.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Gerrit Meijer from the @su2cscience.bsky.social-#KWF MEDOCC team presented the Team’s work in developing the multi-target FIT test for colorectal cancer at the @nkinl.bsky.social Early Cancer Detection Conference #StandUpToCancer #NetherlandsCancerInstitute #colorectalcancer
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
80% of patients with early stage dMMR solid tumors treated with dostarlimab avoided surgery, chemotherapy or radiation after treatment per a paper published in @nejm.org by Andrea Cercek @mskcancercenter.bsky.social of the @su2c.bsky.social Colorectal Cancer Dream Team www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Nonoperative Management of Mismatch Repair–Deficient Tumors | NEJM
Among patients with mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR), locally advanced rectal cancer, neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade eliminated the need for surgery in a high proportion of patients. Whether this ...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The @su2c.bsky.social Catalyst @genentech.bsky.socia Team published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer a low rate of distant metastasis differences in gut microbiome structure in patients enrolled in the NeoACTIVATE trial jitc.bmj.com/content/13/4...
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Neoadjuvant cobimetinib and atezolizumab with or without vemurafenib for stage III melanoma: outcomes and the impact of the microbiome from the NeoACTIVATE trial
Background Neoadjuvant treatment has become standard for patients with high-risk operable stage III melanoma, but the optimal regimen is unknown. Targeted therapy approaches yield high pathological re...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congratulation to the 2025 class of Fellows of the @theaacr.bsky.social Academy and @su2cscience.bsky.social community members Nina Bhardwaj from Mount Sinai, Stephan Grupp and Robert Vonderheide@penncancer.bsky.social, Ari Melnick @weillcornell.bsky.social, William Sellers @broadinstitute.org!!
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In February, members of the #StandUpToCancer - Van Andel Institute #Epigenetics Dream Team, Ben Youngblood from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Kirsten Grønbaek from Rigshospitalet, presented at the AACR DNA #Methylation, Clonal Hematopoiesis, and #Cancer Special Conference in San Diego.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
An new publication in @Nature by SU2C Convergence Team leaders @thevinodlab.bsky.social @bengrbm.bsky.social @mskcancercenter.bsky.social showed an individualized neoantigen mRNA vaccine for #pancreaticcancer led to prolonged survival and effector T cell responses www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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RNA neoantigen vaccines prime long-lived CD8+ T cells in pancreatic cancer - Nature
In a phase 1 trial, patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who were treated with surgery and bespoke neoantigen mRNA vaccines combined with anti-PD-L1 and chemotherapy exhibited marked lo...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Congratulations to @su2cscience.bsky.social-@lustgarten.org Convergence Team Co-Leader @TheVinodLab on being named to the inaugural edition of the @washingtonpost.com Post Next 50, a list of up-and-coming changemakers shaping society in 2025! wapo.st/VinodBalacha...
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50 people shaping our society in 2025
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Thank you AACR CEO Dr. Margaret Foti, SU2C co-founder Sherry Lansing, and SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee Chair Dr. William Nelson for speaking and to everyone who joined us at the virtual #StandUpToCancer Community Gathering today. We look forward to meeting again! 🙌
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
We were honored to hear from keynote speakers Drs. Trey Ideker, Melissa Davis, Kevan Shokat, & Mark McClellan who each presented at the virtual #StandUpToCancer Community Gathering. Topics were AI in cancer research, cancer inequities, KRAS mutation, healthcare reform, & more.
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Today, our #StandUpToCancer researchers met virtually to discuss the latest in cutting-edge science & share their progress at the SU2C Community Gathering. As SU2C President & CEO Dr. Julian Adams says, we have no doubt in our goal to save more lives from this terrible disease. 💪
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
January is #Pancreaticcancer #Clinicaltrials Awareness month, and we salute the efforts of Dr. Julie Sutcliffe and the patients, caretakers, and members of the @su2c.bsky.social-@lustgarten.org Pancreatic Cancer Collective Research Team at @ucdavishealth.bsky.social. studypages.com/s/a-first-in...
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A First-in-Human Study of a Theranostic Drug Pair for the Detection and Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Volunteer for research at UC Davis and contribute to discoveries that may improve health care for you, your family, and your community!
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The @vainstitute.bsky.social-@su2c.bsky.social SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team are reporting in Cancer Research that ZNFX1 acts as a tumor suppressor and may serve as a biomarker to facilitate personalized therapy in ovarian cancer patients. aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar...
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ZNFX1 functions as a master regulator of epigenetically induced pathogen mimicry and inflammasome signaling in cancer
Abstract. DNA methyltransferase and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (DNMTis, PARPis) induce a stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-dependent pathogen mimicry response (PMR) in ovarian and ot...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Congratulations to @su2c.bsky.social-@genentech.bsky.social Team Leader Elizabeth Mittendorf @MassGenBrigham on her appointment as @ascocancer.bsky.social President beginning in June 2026! www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...
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Mass General Brigham oncology surgeon Elizabeth A. Mittendorf appointed to lead American Society of Clinical Oncology | Mass General Brigham
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has elected Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD, MHCM, FASCO, the Robert and Karen Hale Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology and vice chair for Research in ...
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su2cscience.bsky.social @su2cscience.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
@su2c.bsky.social SAC member @mfgrp.bsky.social published in Nature @natureportfolio.bsky.social showing immunity to a common skin bacteria involves a coordinated T and B cell response, which can be redirected against pathogens as a novel form of topical vaccination www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal - Nature
Nature - Discovery and engineering of the antibody response to a prominent skin commensal
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