By Tamim Choudhury, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Two Texas A&M University Health Science Center faculty members have received a $5,793,075 core facilities support award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Michael A. Mancini, PhD, professor of cell biology at Baylor College of…
By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Screenings are the best way to detect cancer early, and early detection is more likely to lead to better outcomes. However, for those individuals without health insurance, screening tests can often be prohibitively expensive. To help women access these…
By Texas A&M University Research Communications and Public Relations The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded eight research grants to Texas A&M University totaling more than $9 million. The grants are among 60 new awards totaling more than $102 million that CPRIT recently announced…
By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Although many kinds of lymphoma are treatable, one particular type, called angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, or AITL, has a dismal prognosis, and even after treatment, relapse is common. Right now, there aren’t specific therapies for this type of…
Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles, an associate professor and the Dr. Fred A. and Vola N. Palmer Chair in Comparative Oncology in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Small Animal Clinical Sciences Department,…
For nursing graduate Madison Haley, roles have reversed, she’s headed back to work at the hospital where she was once the patient. By Danielle Anthony, Insite Magazine Texas A&M College of Nursing student Madison Haley will graduate this May and begin her career as a pediatric intensive care unit nurse…
Roderick H. Dashwood, director of the Texas A&M Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention. Dr. Roderick H. Dashwood was recently elected to the prestigious Fellowship Royal Society of Biology for making prominent contributions to the advancement of cancer research. The Royal Society of Biology is one of the oldest…
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, nearly 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, but Shelley White-Corey, RNC, WHNP, CNE, clinical assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Nursing, says that the cancer is treatable when caught early, and there are ways to lower your risk.
By Kelli Levey, Texas A&M University Mays Business School Leonard Berry, a marketing professor at Mays Business School, has stepped up his research of cancer care to encompass those closest to the cancer patients – the caregivers. Most often, the caregivers are family members, and are not professionals…
Our Center for Translational Cancer Research is using a technique that’s never been done before called optogenetics—a kind of immunotherapy that uses light to control the immune system and induce it to fight cancer.
