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Cancer Nexus Blog

Read up on the Center's latest developments in cancer research, screening and prevention, as well as innovations in cancer detection and treatment.

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    Nov 27, 2023

    Unlocking the Potential of Immunotherapy in Melanoma: Converting Cold Tumors to Hot

    John Harris, MD, PhD, and team are using their UMass BRIDGE funds to perfect their self-delivering drug that enhances the immune system in melanoma. They are optimizing the drug to ensure durability, efficacy and efficiency to help bring the drug forward to clinical trials.

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    Nov 17, 2023

    UMass Cancer Research Office Receives Certificate for Full Commendation from ECOG-ACRIN

    For the fifth consecutive year the UMass Cancer Research Office received commendations from ECOG-ACRIN. To top it off, this year they received FULL commendation for the first time!

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    Oct 27, 2023

    Reprogramming the Innate Immune System in Cancer

    With the help of a UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund, Fiachra Humphries, PhD, and team are designing a way to reawaken the innate immune system. They are developing a nanobody to turn off a receptor and enable immune cells to infiltrate and kill tumors.

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    Oct 6, 2023

    Michael Green Memorial

    Michael R. Green, MD, PhD, Memorial website pages.

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    Feb 14, 2023

    How Mitochondria Survive in Cancer Cells: A Conversation with Jessica Spinelli, PhD

    Jessica Spinelli, PhD, explains how tumor cells can survive without oxygen

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    Jan 13, 2023

    Pushing Back on Glioblastoma

    Samantha Sarli and Jonathan Watts, PhD are working on a novel drug to treat glioblastoma.

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    Nov 14, 2022

    Accolades Once Again for the Cancer Research Office

    The Cancer Research Office is commended for their outstanding performance — once again!

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    Apr 12, 2022

    A Translational Approach to T cells: A Conversation with Jillian Richmond, PhD

    Jillian Richmond, PhD, discusses her T cell research and its application to diagnostics and therapies for lymphoma.

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    Apr 8, 2022

    UMass Chan is attending major cancer conference to share advances in cancer research

    Follow Our Research Presentations at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022

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    Mar 23, 2022

    Simulated Emergencies to the Rescue

    UMass thoracic surgeons perform simulated surgery using a robotic platform to train for an emergency conversion to an open procedure.

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