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Nucleic Acids Research: Quality-controlled R-loop meta-analysis reveals the characteristics of R-loop consensus regions (Bishop Lab)

June 27, 2022

Henry E Miller, Daniel Montemayor, Jebriel Abdul, Anna Vines, Simon A Levy, Stella R Hartono, Kumar Sharma, Bess Frost, Frédéric Chédin, Alexander J R Bishop Abstract R-loops are three-stranded nucleic acid structures formed from the hybridization of R …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Dr. Raushan Kurmasheva Received the CURE Childhood Cancer Award

June 24, 2022

Abstract Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of the brain and malignant rhabdoid tumors of the kidney (RTK) compose a group of highly malignant pediatric cancers known as malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT). Both subtypes are characterized by the bia …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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BMC Med Informatics & Decision Making: On the Role of Deep Learning Model Complexity in Adversarial Robustness for Medical Images (Chen Lab)

June 21, 2022

David Rodriguez, Tapsya Nayak, Yidong Chen, Ram Krishnan & Yufei Huang Abstract Deep learning (DL) models are highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks for medical image classification. An adversary could modify the input data in imperceptible ways …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Mays Cancer Center featured for its value to the region’s population and economy

June 21, 2022

Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Angelina Vaseva, PhD, to Receive Voelcker Fund Award to Research Type 2 RAF Inhibitors for the Treatment of NF1-Associated MPNST

June 15, 2022

Angelina Vaseva, Ph.D. Greehey CCRI Principal Investigator Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine “Angelina Vaseva, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Vaseva …


Happy Birthday, Bill Greehey!

June 9, 2022

 Happy Birthday, Mr. Greehey! On this special day, everyone here at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute wishes you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have, and may you be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow, and in the days to come …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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American Journal of Heart & Circulatory Physiology: Development and Characterization of a Mass Cytometry Panel for Detecting the Effect of Acute Doxorubicin Exposure on Murine Cardiac Non-myocytes (Bishop, Chen, & Aune Labs)

June 8, 2022

Brian S. Iskra, Logan R. Davis, Henry E. Miller, Yu-Chiao Chiu, Alexander J.R. Bishop, Yidong Chen, and Gregory J. Aune Abstract Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) face lifelong side effects related to their treatment with chemotherapy. Anthracycline ag …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Molecular Cancer Therapeutics: Comprehensive Surfaceome Profiling to Identify and Validate Novel Cell-Surface Targets in Osteosarcoma (Houghton, Kurmasheva)

June 1, 2022

Yifei Wang; Xiangjun Tian; Wendong Zhang; Zhongting Zhang; Rossana Lazcano; Pooja Hingorani; Michael E. Roth; Jonathan D. Gill; Douglas J. Harrison; Zhaohui Xu; Sylvester Jusu; Sankaranarayanan Kannan; Jing Wang; Alexander J. Lazar; Eric J. Earley; Ste …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Cancer Letters: The antidepressant imipramine inhibits breast cancer growth by targeting estrogen receptor signaling and DNA repair events (Rao & Chen Labs)

May 18, 2022

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Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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Nicole Hensch (Ignatius Lab) Successfully Defends PhD Thesis!

May 17, 2022

“SNAI2 protection of rhabdomyosarcoma against ionizing radiation can be targeted through MEK inhibition in RAS-mutant fusion-negative tumors”               Nicole Hensch Mentor: Myron Ignatius, PhD Program: PhD Integr …


Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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