Maxine Nunes

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Seeking the ‘big picture’ in the smallest details
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...
Novel radiation therapy zeros in on tough-to-treat cancers
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...
Targeting glioblastoma with a cancer-killing virus
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...
Why a dedicated English teacher became a surgeon
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...
Physician tackles the challenges of pediatric sarcoma
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...
The Center for Precision Medicine: The future of cancer care is here
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...
Physician-scientist Yun Rose Li wins coveted NIH award
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...
$8 million grant will increase patient access to stem cell treatments
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...
An award-winning aerospace engineer’s cancer odyssey
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...
Adam Rock, M.D.: Advanced medicine with a personal touch
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...