Category Archives: In the News

A Potential Database for Preclinical Work, Possible Budget Increase for the NIH, and Brain Exercises to Encourage Happiness…

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They’re all included in this edition of Blog Buzz!

  • Stat reports that CDC Commissioner Robert Califf suggested a database for preclinical research. The article explores the implications of this idea further and is worth a read.
  • The senate appropriations committee has approved a proposal including a budget increase of for the NIH in fiscal year 2017. More details are included in this press release from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) applauding the move.
  • I enjoyed this Mayo Clinic Infographic on ways focus your thoughts to encourage happiness, and thought others might as well.

MSK Welcomes VP Biden, Highlights from ASCO, and More

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On Thursday, May 26th, Vice President Joe Biden was ushered into MSK’s Rockefeller Research Laboratories to tour several of the labs, and then participate in a Cancer Moonshot panel discussion with Dr. Craig Thompson and several other MSK staff.

Shout-outs around the web to MSK researchers from ASCO:

A new fellowship in Breast Cancer Research at MSK has been established by Hunter Douglas, the window manufacturer. This graduate fellowship of $250,000 is supporting in the development of cutting edge and less invasive treatments to help breast cancer patients return to their normal lives more quickly. Continue reading →

Reproducibility, Rare Cancers and More….

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Surfing the web, I uncovered these new items worth sharing:

  • Nature recently published survey results on the subject of reproducibility of scientific experiments.   Hear what the scientists divulged:
  • Scientists from the National Cancer Institute have made new discoveries using technology called cryo-EM (cryo-electron microscopy) where they were able to capture images of glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found in cells with a level of atomic detail.  They were also able to demonstrate cancer target proteins, too small to view in the past. A discussion of these findings was published in Cell.
  • NIH Research suggests that rare cancers may share symptoms with ADHD in the pediatric population. The specific tumors that have been shown to mimic symptoms of ADHD are pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Read more on this research in Hormone and Metabolic Research.