SU2C awards 2019 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research

(Stand Up To Cancer) Stand Up To Cancer awarded the 2019 Laura Ziskin Prize in Translational Research ($250,000 for one year) to Drs. Silvia Formenti of Weill Cornell Medicine Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center and Heather McArthur of Cedars Sinai to support collaboration using radiation and immunotherapy pre-operatively to help the body create its own vaccine to fight breast cancer, working with immunologists, bioinformatics specialists and biostatisticians. A clinical trial is in development.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news