Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred Knudson Jr. named 2004 Kyoto Prize winner
Cancer researcher Alfred G. Knudson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., (pronounced ka-nud'-son) of Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pa., has been named winner of a prestigious Kyoto Prize for 2004. The Kyoto Prize is considered among the world's leading awards for lifetime achievement and is given to those who have "contributed significantly to mankind's betterment." Knudson will receive a cash gift of ab...Intel and Fred Hutchinson to explore the use of nanotechnology tools for early disease detection
STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 23, 2003 - Intel Corporation and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced a collaborative research effort to apply Intel's expertise in nanotechnology to develop improved methods of studying, diagnosing and preventing cancer. The announcement was made at the BioSilico Seminar, held at Stanford University. ... ..."To launch the effort, Intel is building an...American Association for Cancer Research honors Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigator
SEATTLE - Robert Eisenman, Ph.D., a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Basic Sciences Division, is the first recipient of the Kirk A. Landon Prize for Basic Cancer Research, an award given by the American Association for Cancer Research.... The $200,000 prize was established to honor significant, fundamental contributions to laboratory research....Eisenman, a member of the Na...SEATTLE - The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in collaboration with the University of Washington, has been selected to participate in a federally funded, $37 million research consortium to study how individual genetic makeup affects one's response to various environmental agents, from asbestos to tobacco smoke. Such research will help answer puzzling questions such as why some people who....Known as the Rosetta Stone of immunology, knowledge of these genes will help predict disease susceptibility, understand treatment failure and gauge vaccine response.. .A cluster of nearly 220 genes known as the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene complex holds clues to many unsolved medical questions: why do transplants sometimes fail despite close donor-recipient matches? What makes certain pe....The W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles announced today the recipients of its.1999 Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program. Bruce Clurman,.M.D., Ph.D., a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was.among the five recipients. Each grant recipient will receive $1 million to.support research activities over the next five years.. .The W.M. Keck Foundation, which.... .Targeted Genetics Receives Exclusive License To Technology. . .SEATTLE -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and Targeted Genetics.Corporation (Nasdaq: TGEN) announce that they have received notification from.the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regarding the issuance of patent #5,827,642.entitled " Rapid Expansion Method ("REM") for in vitro Propagation of T.Lympho...