Nobel Laureate Baruj Benacerraf Dies at 90
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s former head was a leader in immunology and cancer research.
Articles tagged cancer
Medical Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. ’00, is honored for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.
4.18.11
“Good” Cells Gone “Bad”
David Scadden studies the environmental cues that can cause normal cells to become diseased.
8.19.10
Harvard Headlines: Pioneers in Mathematics, Cancer Drug Discovery, and Development Economics
Our news roundup includes articles on Shing-Tung Yao, Esther Duflo, and cancer drug discovery efforts with Harvard Medical School links.
5.24.10
A Cancer Pioneer
The New York Times profiles a Harvard Medical School lecturer’s quest for a miracle drug that saves lives—and the lives lost along the way.
3.5.10
Virtual Tumors
Modeling tumors may help scientists beat cancer.
7.1.09
On Cutting-Edge Cancer Research
Medical School professor George Demetri again leads cutting-edge cancer research, in an environment of timid funding for experimentation.
6.29.09
Fighting Disease in Situ
A new technique aims to boost the body’s ability to seek out and destroy cancer cells.
5.1.09
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