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The Wistar Institute Receives Two Biomedical Research Grants from the V Foundation for Cancer Research
December 16, 2024 11:03 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wistar Institute assistant professors Nan Zhang, Ph.D., and Noam Auslander Ph.D., have both received independent funding totaling $1.2 million...
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Wistar Institute Researchers Design Novel Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer
December 03, 2024 13:45 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (December 3, 2024) — The Wistar Institute’s David B. Weiner, Ph.D. — Executive Vice President, director of the Vaccine &...
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Wistar Institute Researchers Discover New Combination Therapy Approach for Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
November 21, 2024 12:10 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (November 21, 2024) — The Wistar Institute’s Nan Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center’s...
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The Wistar Institute and University of Pennsylvania Scientists Identify Potential Target Gene within Certain HIV Reservoir Cells
October 03, 2024 15:08 ET | The Wistar Institute
Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New findings could lead to different research tactics for scientists investigating a cure for HIV. Results from The Wistar Institute’s Lieberman...
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Wistar Institute Researchers Identify Parkinson-related Protein’s Role in Cancer and T Cell Activation
September 17, 2024 12:54 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wistar Institute’s President and CEO, Dario C. Altieri, M.D., and team have demonstrated the role of Parkin — a protein implicated in...
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The Wistar Institute Launches HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center
July 17, 2024 14:02 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wistar Institute — building on its history of leading advances in human health as the nation’s first nonprofit biomedical research institute —...
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Wistar Scientists Develop Novel Antibody Treatment for Kidney Cancer
June 04, 2024 10:50 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a deadly form of kidney cancer with few treatment options; even with new immunotherapies, only...
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Wistar Research Identifies Mechanisms for Selective Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Strategy
May 28, 2024 11:30 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (May 28, 2024) — The Wistar Institute’s Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and lab team led by senior staff scientist and first author,...
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The Wistar Institute Awarded Second National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Award-winning STEM Training Program
May 14, 2024 12:32 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA — (May 14, 2024) — The Wistar Institute was awarded a $649,971 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the...
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Wistar Scientists Discover New Immunosuppressive Mechanism in Brain Cancer
May 03, 2024 11:32 ET | The Wistar Institute
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wistar Institute assistant professor Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and team, have discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma — a serious and often...