TGen’s Dr. Daniel Von Hoff Receives Top Honor from the Arizona Medical Association
Wallace A. Reed, M.D. Award recognizes innovative cancer treatments May 22, 2015 Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), will receivePotential Boon For Pancreatic Cancer at Johns Hopkins Medical
June 23, 2014 During irreversible electroporation (IRE), treatment options once considered impossible for pancreatic cancer are revealed. Johns Hopkins surgeons are increasingly finding that once-thought unresectable pancreatic cancer is sometimes
The Future of Cancer: Closer to a Cure
A video. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center CEO Dr. Craig Thompson tells WSJ’s Simon Constable why he’s optimistic about new therapies aimed at increasing the body’s own ability to fight
Dr. Daniel Von Hoff Chosen As 2015 Researcher of the Year By AZ Business Magazine
April 10, 2015 AZ Business Magazine which is celebrating its “30 Years of Excellence” recognized Dr. Daniel Von Hoff as its “2015 Medical Researcher of The Year” at its Healthcare
Seena Magowitz Foundation Funded The Zebrafish Project To Help Accelerate TGen Research Against Pancreatic Cancer
April 2, 2015 Transparent fish share many human characteristics; could help find compounds preventing spread of pancreatic tumors For more than a decade, a glassy striped fish smaller than a
What makes pancreatic cancer so aggressive?
January 15, 2015 University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center New research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center helps explain why pancreatic cancer is so lethal, with fewer than
TGen study says destroying material that ‘cloaks’ cancer cells could benefit patients
TGen: February 24, 2015 Eliminating ‘stroma’ could enable anti-cancer drugs to penetrate tumor tissues; extend patient survival. Like a stealth jet cloaks itself from radar, cancer cells cloak themselves within
Cell powerhouse sequencing technology provides deeper look at inherited disease risk
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE March 4, 2015 A new sequencing technique may provide a clearer picture of how genes in mitochondria, the “powerhouses” that
Jai Pausch’s Book Praises Roger Magowitz, Tempur-Pedic For Continued Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
Republished Article in Furniture Today By Dave Perry June 2012 It turns out that the late Randy Pausch’s brave fight against pancreatic cancer produced not one book, but two. And
Modified Vitamin D Shows Promise as Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
Salk Institute for Biological Studies September 25, 2014 Salk scientists find that a vitamin D-derivative makes tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy. A synthetic derivative of vitamin D was found by Salk
Mattress Firm Commits $1,000,000
Phoenix, Arizona: November 3, 2014 America’s largest mattress retailer, Mattress Firm commits $1 Million to TGen, kicking-off National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout November, the largest U.S. retailer of mattresses,