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New cancer and diabetes chair asks all the right questions
For Charles Brenner, Ph.D., it’s all about the questions.   “I want to ask the question nobody else will ask,” he said. “We generally don’t know what we don’t know...
John Rossi, Ph.D., receives highest honor from American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
John Rossi, Ph.D., the Lidow Family Research Chair and professor of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, is the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award presented by the...
Driving diabetes medicine forward: Meet Ping Wang, M.D.
Ping H. Wang, M.D., speaks softly and rarely refers to himself, preferring to give credit to everybody else.    Ping H. Wang, M.D. But don’t mistake self-effacement for lack of passion...
City of Hope Researchers Present Breakthrough Findings at AACR 2021
City of Hope will showcase breakthrough research and innovative studies at the first week of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2021, which will take place virtually...
City of Hope opens investigational vaccine trial for type 1 diabetes
A City of Hope phase 1 trial featuring an investigational vaccine that uses a person’s own immune cells, a beta cell protein and vitamin D3 to potentially treat type 1...
Study finds cancer rate rising in millennials
Misagh Karimi, M.D. A recent study by the American Cancer Society revealed that rates of obesity-related cancers in young people, ages 25 to 49, are rising. The study, which appeared...
Will CAR T be the answer for amyloidosis?
Michael Rosenzweig, M.D., M.S. You may never have heard of a disease called amyloidosis. It’s classified as rare, and very few physicians specialize in it. City of Hope hematologist...
Celebrating our extraordinary nurses during National Nurses Month
“During Nurses Month and Hospital Week, we thank everyone for their commitment, their efforts and their accomplishments,” said Michael Caligiuri, M.D., president of City of Hope National Medical Center...
Diabetes researcher hunts down disease’s earliest traces
It can start with any number of symptoms — unquenchable thirst, constant bathroom trips, a lingering run-down feeling or weight dropping off for no apparent reason. In extreme cases, people...
Immunotherapy may benefit some metastatic colorectal patients, City of Hope study finds
Researchers at City of Hope, a world-renowned research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, looked at the most common type of metastatic colorectal cancer and discovered...