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Checkpoint inhibitors plus CAR T shows promise for glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is an aggressive cancer of the brain. To add to the challenge, it is in a difficult location to treat because it is protected by the blood-brain barrier, a...
City of Hope receives $15 million grant for islet cell research program
During her more than 30 years at City of Hope, Joyce Niland, Ph.D., the Estelle & Edward Alexander Chair in Information Sciences, has helped design, build and operate City of...
City of Hope Leads First U.S. Clinical Trial of Aerosolized Chemotherapy
City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer...
Major discoveries from a new frontier in cancer research
“If we can land the Mars Rover at a precise location millions of miles away, we should be able to land a drug inside our body at the exact location of...
Two mighty molecules may kill cancer cells others can't
City of Hope scientists have identified and developed two potent small molecules that appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers even when other treatments cease to work, possibly due...
New study may revolutionize the way we detect cancer
Imagine there’s a “boiling point” for cancer — an exact point at which a normal cell becomes malignant, just as water becomes vapor at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Once we discovered...
TGen develops COVID-19 test
Since mid-January, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has been part of the worldwide effort to conduct testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing...
New grad school deans share ambitious vision
David Ann, Ph.D. Two new deans took the helm of City of Hope’s graduate program on Oct. 1, 2019, determined to attract the best and brightest students from around the...
Targeting brain cancer with scorpion venom
Michael Barish, Ph.D., Christine Brown, Ph.D., and Dongrui Wang City of Hope scientists have developed and tested the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy using chlorotoxin (CLTX), a...
Phase 2 trial of mushrooms for prostate cancer opens
City of Hope is now recruiting patients for a Phase 2 clinical trial to investigate whether pills containing white button mushroom extract could regulate the immune system, affecting prostate-specific antigen...