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Biotech Firm Launched by Jonsson Cancer Center Scientists Acquired by Pharmaceutical Company
A business success story has both UCLA and a team of enterprising UCLA scientists envisioning a brighter future for cancer research and patient care.
December 18, 2007
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Grant Will Fund Research to Genetically Engineer the Immune System to Fight Melanoma
UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and at top institutions in Los Angeles received a $1.8 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund collaborative research to genetically engineer the human immune system so it can fight melanoma.
November 15, 2007
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Scientist Receives Prestigious National Award for Her Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Cancer Society’s Distinguished Service Award was given to Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center, in recognition of her major contributions and commitment in the field of cancer research.
October 25, 2007
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Psychologist honored for work helping cancer patients cope
Anne Coscarelli, the psychologist who directs the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, has been honored by the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA) for her ongoing contributions in helping patients and their families cope with cancer.
October 22, 2007
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3 min read
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Grant Will Fund Community Efforts to Combat Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
A Centers for Disease Control grant totaling $4.25 million over five years will allow UCLA researchers to address health disparities related to heart disease, stroke and cancer among African Americans, Latinos and Asians at the local, state and national level. The UCLA School of Public Health will provide technical assistance and training to health and social-service organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and other institutions.
October 4, 2007
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Grant from Avon Foundation to fund program to help poor, underserved patients
A $1.16 million grant from the Avon Foundation will fund a program that helps poor, underserved patients being treated for breast cancer at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center navigate their way through the complicated county health care system.
September 19, 2007
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Jonsson Cancer Center Receives $1 Million Gift to Establish Melanoma Fellowship
UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $1 million gift to establish The V Foundation-Gil Nickel Fellowship in Melanoma Research. The fellowship will train a new generation of promising young scientists who will go on to conduct leading-edge melanoma research at UCLA and other top institutions nationwide.
April 25, 2007
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California Awards First Stem Cell Research Grants; UCLA Scientists Garner 7 of 72 Grants Given
UCLA scientists have received seven of 72 seed grants awarded by the state to fund stem cell research, the first money distributed for work on human embryonic stem cells since California voters approved Proposition 71 in November 2004. Seed grant funding totaled $45 million.
February 20, 2007
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3 min read
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UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Named a Survivorship Center of Excellence
UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center has been named a LIVESTRONG(tm) Survivorship Center of Excellence by the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and will join a network of five leading centers nationwide that will work together to address the needs of the growing number of cancer survivors in the United States.
March 26, 2006
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Cancer Center Scientists Team with Other Researchers on Nanotechnology Project
Investigators from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center are teaming up with researchers from the California Institute of Technology, the UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMED) and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle to develop new technologies for early detection and classification of cancers.
October 12, 2005
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3 min read
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NCI Renews $10 Million Grant for Molecular Imaging Center for Cancer Research
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed, for a second five-year period, a $10-million grant for an innovative molecular imaging center at UCLA, officials announced today. The new funding, bringing UCLA's total support to $20 million, will allow the scientific advances made in the last five years to be translated into the clinic in the next five years to improve the diagnosis and staging of cancer.
July 27, 2005
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UCLA Launches Stem Cell Institute to Investigate New Approaches to Cancer, HIV and Neurological Disorders
Drawing together experts from fields as diverse as engineering to molecular biology, UCLA officials today announced the formation of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine to conduct embryonic and adult stem cell research that may lead to better treatments for HIV, cancer and neurological disorders.
March 17, 2005
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