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Blog / Beating Cancer by Releasing the Brakes

July 14, 2016July 15, 2016 / Andrew Waters /

Former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with stage IV malignant melanoma in 2015, an aggressive form of cancer that spread to his liver and his brain.  Until recently, this would…

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Cancer Immunology Science Communication Series Science News

Blog / Nanomedicine: How Much Are We Willing to Pay?

July 13, 2016July 14, 2016 / Christina Parker / 4

In 2013, cancer affected approximately 14 million people in the United States, and its  direct medical costs were almost $75 billion, making cancer a devastating disease from both the human…

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Cancer Nanotechnology Science Communication Series

Blog / Will We Ever Cure Cancer?

July 11, 2016July 13, 2016 / Rebecca Brooks /

The taxi driver went quiet, as if lost in thought. I waited, kept patient by that mysterious gut feeling that someone is about to say something. “Tell me, why haven’t…

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Cancer Everyday Questions Science Communication Series Science News

Blog / Five foods to get you through cold and flu season

November 30, 2015February 16, 2016 / Rachel Haake /

During the winter season, our bodies endure a substantial amount of stress. As temperatures drop, our immune systems can suffer. But staying happy and healthy throughout the cold and flu…

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Cancer Everyday Questions Immunology

Blog / When The Empire Strikes Back: A Biography of Cancer and Our Battles Against It

November 9, 2015March 22, 2016 / Tamara Vital /

A couple of years ago, I read what was easily the best work of nonfiction that I had ever read. As I am an avid consumer of nonfiction books and…

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Cancer History of Science Scientific Communication

Blog / NCI Ras Initiative: Let’s get together and drug RAS!

May 15, 2015March 1, 2016 / Nicole M. Baker /

Non-scientist friends and relatives often ask me whether I am “curing” cancer, and question why the cure for cancer doesn’t already exist following decades of funding for research. Worse, some…

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Cancer RAS Science News UNC-CH Research

Blog / Zombieism’s closely related cousin

April 29, 2015January 27, 2016 / Bailey Peck /

Most people would presume the safest place to survive the imminent Zombie apocalypse would be in an underground bunker. This erroneous conclusion has led to the untimely death of a…

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Cancer Genetics Not so Frivolous Weird Science

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