Massagué honored with the 2016 Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research

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On Friday, March 4th, Joan Massagué, PhD, Director of Sloan Kettering Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was awarded the 2016 Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research. He will be presented with this award in New Orleans at the AACR annual meeting, April 16-20.

Dr. Massagué is being recognized for his discoveries inTGF-β biology, now considered fundamental in the understanding of cellular physiology.

Massagué will present his lecture, “Latent Metastasis,” Sunday, April 17, 5:30 p.m. CT, in New Orleans Theater B of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

“In recognizing the work of my research group, it is reassuring that the Pezcoller Foundation and AACR Award selection committee continue to value basic research for its ability to reveal the basis of clinical problems,” Massagué said.

The Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research was established in 1997 and is presented each year to a scientist of international renown who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research or has made major contributions to translational cancer research.

Scientists Have Devised a Technique for Visualizing Tissues

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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Centre for Inflammation have developed new imaging probes that light up specific parts of a cell in a matter of seconds. The probes attach a fluorescent tag to the target being detected so that researchers can track where it’s being produced.

The new approach is more sensitive than existing tools and could help researchers detect illnesses such as cancer at a much earlier stage. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications.

‏@SpringerClinMed’s The Overactive Pelvic Floor by ‏Anna Padoa and @TalliRosenbaum is New!

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The Library has recently added The Overactive Pelvic Floor to our collection, per client request! This textbook, edited by Anna Padoa and Talli Y. Rosenbaum, provides a comprehensive review of the Overactive Pelvic Floor (OPF) that provides clinical tools for medical and mental health practitioners alike. The text offers tools for recognition, assessment, treatment and interdisciplinary referral for patients with OPF and OPF related conditions.  Individual chapters focus on

  • female genital pain and vulvodynia
  • female bladder pain and interstitial cystitis
  • male chronic pelvic and genital pain
  • sexual dysfunction related to pelvic pain in both men and women
  • musculoskeletal aspects of pelvic floor overactivity
  • LUTS and voiding dysfunction, and
  • anorectal disorders

The Overactive Pelvic Floor serves physicians in the fields of urology, urogynecology and gastroenterology as well as psychotherapists, sex therapists and physical therapists.

This resource may be found in our eBook A-Z listing or by searching Summon®.