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Cancers Journal (MDPI) Guest Editor, Raushan Kurmasheva, PhD, invites relevant research work for publication.

February 24, 2023

Raushan Kurmasheva (Guest Editor) invites relevant research work for publication in a new Special Issue of the Cancers Journal (MDPI) titled “Pediatric Cancer: From Molecular Targets to Effective Therapies.” Please, find more information here:https://w …


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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Nature Communications: DNA binding and RAD51 engagement by the BRCA2 C-terminus orchestrate DNA repair and replication fork preservation (Sung Lab)

February 7, 2023

Youngho Kwon, Heike Rösner, Weixing Zhao, Platon Selemenakis, Zhuoling He, Ajinkya S. Kawale, Jeffrey N. Katz, Cody M. Rogers, Francisco E. Neal, Aida Badamchi Shabestari, Valdemaras Petrosius, Akhilesh K. Singh, Marina Z. Joel, Lucy Lu, Stephen P. Hol …


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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2023 Spatial Transcriptome Pilot Projects

February 6, 2023

Overview The Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, Genomic Sequencing Facility, expects to support four Spatial Transcriptome pilot projects (two human and two mouse Visium slides, one per proposal). It is crucial to identify pilot grants that …


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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Structure: Order and disorder bound together in SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 suppress host translation (Libich Lab)

February 6, 2023

David S Libich 1, Antoine Baudin 2 Abstract In this issue of Structure, Wang et al. investigate the interplay between folded and disordered regions of the SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 1 (Nsp1) that promotes the suppression of host protein translat …


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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Neuro-Oncology: Lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A (KDM1A/LSD1) inhibition attenuates DNA double strand break repair and augments efficacy of temozolomide in glioblastoma (Chen, Lao)

January 23, 2023

Salvador Alejo, Bridgitte E Palacios, Prabhakar Pitta Venkata, Yi He, Wenjing Li, Jessica D Johnson, Chen Yihong, Sridharan Jayamohan, Uday P Pratap, Kyra Clarke, Yi Zou, Yingli Lv, Korri Weldon, Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, Zhao Lai, Zhenqing Ye, Yidon …


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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Precision Oncology News: Lantern Pharma Preparing IND for Synthetic Lethality Program With FDA Feedback

January 18, 2023

      Jan 17, 2023 | staff reporter NEW YORK – Lantern Pharma on Tuesday said it received feedback from the US Food and Drug Administration that it will use to submit an investigational new drug application for LP-184. The company furthe …


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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Star Protocols: Protocol to benchmark gene expression signature scoring techniques for single-cell RNA sequencing data in cancer (Zheng Lab)

January 4, 2023

Nighat Noureen123 Xiaojing Wang12 Siyuan Zheng124 • Protocol for benchmarking signature scoring techniques in scRNAseq data analysis • Comparing single-cell and bulk-based approaches in sensitivity and specificity • Using down sampling to simulate the …


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 Theraputics: Sensitization to Ionizing Radiation by MEK Inhibition Is Dependent on SNAI2 in Fusion-Negative Rhabdomyosarcoma (Ignatius, Vaseva, Houghton Labs)

January 3, 2023

Nicole R. Hensch, Kathryn Bondra, Long Wang, Prethish Sreenivas, Xiang R. Zhao, Paulomi Modi, Angelina V. Vaseva, Peter J. Houghton, Myron S. Ignatius Abstract In fusion-negative rhabdomyosarcoma (FN-RMS), a pediatric malignancy with skeletal muscle ch …


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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Genes & Cancer: Slit2 signaling stimulates Ewing sarcoma growth (Shiio Lab)

December 19, 2022

Kruthi Suvarna1, Panneerselvam Jayabal1, Xiuye Ma1 and Yuzuru Shiio1,2,3 1 Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA 2 Cancer Therapy and Research Center, The University …


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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Luiz Penalva, PhD to Receive Mike Hogg Fund Award

December 15, 2022

Luiz O.F. Penalva, PhD to receive an award from the Mike Hogg Fund in support of his study, “Preventing Senescence Scape to Overcome Tumor Recurrence in Glioblastoma.” Learn more about Dr. Penalva’s research


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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