National Foundation for Cancer Research

Drink Tea to Your Health!
15 Jan 01 | Tea drinkers rejoice! Studies show that drinking tea reduces the risk of some cancers in humans. Previously tea was thought to have cardiovascular benefits, but there is mounting evidence that tea has cancer-fighting properties as well.

NFCR Opens Center for Molecular Analysis and Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital
01 Oct 00 | The National Foundation for Cancer Research today announced the creation of the NFCR Center for Analysis and Molecular Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. NFCR awarded a $1 million grant to Massachusetts General to fund the Center.

NFCR Center for Computational Drug Design
21 Aug 00 | Oxford University Chemistry Department today announced the creation of the NFCR Center for Computational Drug Design. The Center will be financed by a $750,000 grant from the Bethesda, Maryland based National Foundation for Cancer Research.

Daniel Haber, M.D., PhD Awarded AACR-NFCR Tamara and Franklin Salisbury, Sr. Professorship
02 Apr 00 | The National Foundation for Cancer Research and the American Association for Cancer Research announced today that Daniel Haber, M.D., PhD of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center is the recipient of $100,000 award.

Breakthrough in Protein Folding Simulation for Anti-Cancer Drug Design Announced by National Foundation for Cancer Research
10 Jan 00 | Dr. Harold A. Scheraga, Project Director for the National Foundation for Cancer Research and Todd Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Cornell University has discovered an answer to the "protein folding problem" which has eluded scientists for years.

National Foundation for Cancer Research Project Director Bruce Ames Honored to Receive the National Medal of Science
05 May 99 | Dr. Bruce Ames, Project Director of the NFCR and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Science at the University of California at Berkeley, and eight other recipients were honored with the 1998 National Medal of Science.