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Dana-Farber research rewrites theory of why chemo works

Challenging a half-century-old theory about why chemotherapy agents target cancer cells, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have devised a test that can predict how effective the drugs will be by determining whether a patient’s tumor cells are already “primed” for death.

In a study published online by the journal Science, [...]

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Dr. Dalton and Dr. Hurt share Jim King Leadership Award

The 2011 Senator Jim King Leadership Award for excellence in biomedical research has been awarded to Dr. William Dalton, President and CEO of Moffitt Cancer Center and Dr. Myra Hurt, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research at the Florida State University College of Medicine. The award was presented by FL [...]

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