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December 17, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Dec. 17, 2019) — See cellular images as distinct as abstract art, minerals appear as future urban landscapes, single-celled organisms of the microscopic netherworld, and much more f…
November 14, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Nov. 14, 2019) — The Wistar Institute and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) formalized a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions to explore a postdoctoral tra…
November 8, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Nov. 8, 2019) — Scientists at The Wistar Institute applied synthetic DNA-based technology to drive in vivo production of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies in small and large-…
October 22, 2019
PRINCETON, N.J. — PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 22, 2019) — The American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded …
October 17, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 17, 2019) — The Wistar Institute and collaborating institutions have received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research on new melanoma targeted …
October 9, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 9, 2019) — Scientists at The Wistar Institute described a novel mechanism through which astrocytes, the most abundant supporting cells in the brain, also promote cancer cell gr…
October 3, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (Oct. 3, 2019) — A novel anticancer molecule created by researchers at The Wistar Institute showed therapeutic activity in preclinical models of various cancer types. This cell-perme…
October 1, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (October 1, 2019) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that Zachary T. Schug, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program at T…
September 25, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – September 25, 2019 – The Wistar Institute, a global leader in cancer, immunology and infectious disease research, has selected Integral Molecular, Inc. as the first industry partner …
September 24, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — (September 24, 2019) — The Wistar Institute was awarded two major grants totaling more than $12 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institu…