Mussoorie, India, is a scenic resort town in the Himalayas where, some time ago, a group of children loved to climb trees and play along the rocky, oak-covered mountains. This...

City of Hope scientists have developed a remarkable new antibody with the unremarkable name M5A. It can precisely target the antigen CEA, a marker expressed by many types of...

Glioblastoma is a virtually incurable brain cancer with a five-year-survival rate of only 10%.    “It’s heartbreaking to keep telling people in clinic that we don’t have a cure,” said...

As a young woman, Yasmin Zerhouni, M.D., had no intention of becoming a doctor.  Both of her parents were physicians who loved their work, but her passion was for...

Pediatric sarcomas, which affect the bones and soft tissues of children and teenagers, are among the toughest cancers to treat. Pediatric oncologist Janet Yoon, M.D., is passionately dedicated to...

Unlocking the genomic mysteries of cancer — that’s the lifelong passion that has driven the career of Stephen Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.  He’s the Eva and Ming Hsieh Family Director’s...

Trailblazing. Visionary. Highly innovative.  Those are the words the National Institutes of Health use to describe their High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which provides grants to scientists who are pushing the...

City of Hope is a leader in the field of stem cell and regenerative medicine — the use of self-renewing cells to treat human disease — and its Alpha Stem...

What have I achieved? Do I have any regrets? Am I OK if I die soon?Those are the questions Andy Tao faced when he learned he had a highly...

Ask oncologist Adam Rock, M.D., why he became a physician, and the answer could be summed up in one word — people.  He joined City of Hope’s lung cancer...