Charity News from Thursday, Apr. 6, 2000

Questions and Answers: Special Populations Networks for Cancer Awareness Research and Training
National Cancer Institute | How does the Special Populations Networks project differ from the recently concluded NCI Leadership Initiatives within Appalachian, Black, and Hispanic populations? For the first time, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, and ...

Special Populations Networks Launched to Address Burden of Cancer
National Cancer Institute | The Special Populations Networks for Cancer Awareness Research and Training are intended to build relationships between large research institutions and community-based programs. Those projects focused on cancer awareness, reducing cancer incidence...

Physicians have better insight on treating patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigator Ching-Hon Pui, M.D. is one of the authors of the study. The research concluded that bone marrow transplant with a matched sibling donor is the best possible treatment for these patients regardless...

Researchers discover biochemical link between two rare diseases
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | "My laboratory studies how cells respond to radiation and chemotherapy," said lead researcher Michael Kastan, MD, PhD, chairman of the department of hematology/oncology at St. Jude. "We have shown that ATM is a kinase enzyme and it directly ...

 

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