Cancer genetics pioneer Janet Rowley, 1925-2013
Remembering cancer genetics pioneer Janet Rowley, who died on Dec. 17 at the age of 88. [Read more]
Janet Rowley
Janet Rowley Honored with Partners in Discovery Award
Janet D. Rowley, MD, was named the 2013 recipient of the Partners in Discovery Award from the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation (UCCRF) Women’s Board. The award was presented Saturday at the 47th Annual Grand Auction and Gala. [Read more]
Chromosomes: Lost in Philadelphia, Found in Chicago
A new, highly readable book traces the long and twisted road to the drug Gleevec, including battles with drug companies and subsequent discoveries, that have given hope to suffers of chronic myelogenous leukemia. [Read more]
Janet Rowley Shares Prestigious Prize for Cancer Research
Dr. Janet Rowley is one of three physician-scientists who will receive the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research for 2013. [Read more]
Donald Rowley, MD, 1923-2013
Donald Rowley, MD, a pioneer in discovering how the immune system functions and the inventor of the gel electrode, a crucial tool that monitors cardiac activity, died at his home early Sunday, Feb. 24, after a long battle with congestive heart failure. He was 90 years old. [Read more]
A New Way to Customize Proteins
The genetic code contains only four letters. Different combinations of those letters code for an “alphabet” of 20 amino acids, which are used to construct proteins. From these small collections of building blocks, an incredibly diverse [Read more]
ASCO 2010: Two Productive Singles
In the New Yorker last month, Malcolm Gladwell wrote elegantly about the euphoria and frustration of cancer drug discovery. Tracing in parallel the path of a modern biotechnology company and a team of doctors in the 1950’s, Gladwell [Read more]
Cancer Drug Gleevec Wins Lasker Award
The big science news of the day was the announcement of the Lasker Awards, informally thought of as the American version of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine. This year’s clinical medical research award went to a trio of researchers [Read more]