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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 8-May-2025 17:09 ET (8-May-2025 21:09 GMT/UTC)

5-Mar-2025

F. W. Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation establishes Nurse Leadership Academy at MD Anderson with $9 million gift

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a $9 million gift from the F. W. Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation to establish the F. W. Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Nurse Leadership Academy. The Wheeler Foundation’s gift supports MD Anderson’s innovative efforts to cultivate the next generation of oncology nurse leaders as part of the Meyers Institute for Oncology Nursing. The Wheeler Nurse Leadership Academy will focus on providing the coaching and mentoring infrastructure to ensure nurses are equipped with the unique skills to position them as successful leaders.

5-Mar-2025

Pioneering research into brain cancer is awarded the world’s largest brain research prize, The Brain Prize

Lundbeck Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

Gliomas are types of cancers that arise in the brain and are extraordinarily difficult to treat. They are the leading cause of brain tumour-related deaths in both children and adults. Two pioneering scientists are awarded The Brain Prize 2025 for their discoveries that open up an entirely new way of thinking about and understanding these lethal diseases, and the potential strategies to treat them.

5-Mar-2025

Increased cancer risk in infertile men is explained by genetic predisposition

Estonian Research Council
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Tartu showed a nearly five-fold enrichment of hereditary cancer variants in infertile compared to fertile men.

Journal: Human Reproduction Open
Funder: Estonian Research Council

4-Mar-2025

Better semen quality is linked to men living longer

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of nearly 80,000 men in Denmark, followed up for up to 50 years has shown that those with better semen quality live between 2-3 years longer than men with low number of motile sperm. This is the largest study to examine the link between semen quality and mortality. An accompanying editorial commentary calls it a “landmark” publication.

Journal: Human Reproduction
Funder: Købmand I Odense Johan og Hanne Weimann Født Seedorffs Legat, Research Fund of the Capital Region of Denmark

4-Mar-2025

OU Health Sciences rises to 102 in national ranking

University of Oklahoma
Business Announcement

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences has achieved its highest ranking ever in National Institutes of Health funding awarded for research. NIH funding increased to $75.2 million in the previous federal fiscal year, improving the campus’s ranking to 102 out of 2,838 institutions and other entities that receive NIH funding.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

4-Mar-2025

Moffitt becomes first cancer center to open Nikon Center of Excellence

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Business Announcement

Moffitt Cancer Center has become the first standalone cancer center in the world to open a Nikon Center of Excellence. This prestigious achievement highlights Moffitt’s commitment to cutting-edge imaging technology and groundbreaking cancer research.

4-Mar-2025

Fred Hutch announces 10 recipients of the 2025 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Grant and Award Announcement

Fred Hutch Cancer Center announced 10 recipients of the annual Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which recognizes the exceptional achievements of graduate studies in the biological sciences.

4-Mar-2025

Hidden dangers and myths: What you need to know about HPV and cancer

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Reports and Proceedings

While the human papillomavirus (HPV) is most associated with cervical cancer risk and women, a new survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) shows that the majority of people are unaware that the virus is actually more common among men than women and is associated with rising rates of other cancers that directly impact men.

4-Mar-2025

Study reveals hope for immunotherapy as prostate cancer treatment

University of Arizona Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at University of Arizona Cancer Center used a double-pronged approach to reduce tumor growth in tissue samples of prostate cancer.

Journal: Cancer Immunology Research
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health

4-Mar-2025

Royalty among us

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

University of Houston Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Richard Willson - who turned glow-in-the-dark stars into ways to detect disease - has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.