Tag: cancer

Leukemia cells use taurine to produce energy and grow, a study in Nature by a Wilmot Cancer institute team shows.

Javen Jackson’s journey is one of incredible strength and love, sustained by a resilient family spirit. It is defined by survival, loss, and miracles that arose in the family’s despair.

The 16th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards and Special Public Health Grand Rounds celebrated health advocacy and innovative community health partnerships.

It’s all the talk in medicine. Now, after decades at the forefront of RNA discovery, Rochester researchers are helping to write the next chapter.

The professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics was selected for his research uncovering how human cells regulate the production of RNA from genes and how disruptions in this process lead to cancer and ...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded the Wilmot Cancer Institute a special designation that places it in the top 4% of all cancer centers in the United States. But what is NCI designation ...

Victory in hand, the Wilmot Cancer Institute is entering an exciting era. But looking back to a gray day in March 2016, Wilmot Director Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, faced a steep climb.

National Cancer Institute designation brings a cachet to the clinical side of any cancer center. So, it might be surprising to learn that achieving this highest honor is primarily based on research ...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has named the University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute as the nation's 73rd designated cancer center. The distinction places the institute in the top 4 ...

Most people know about the connection between cigarettes and cancer risk, but does drinking cause cancer? It's something rarely discussed, despite years of evidence that alcohol increases cancer ...