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The National Cancer Institute awarded a $10.7 million grant to Abramson Cancer Center to study CAR T cells in solid tumors

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The National Cancer Institute awarded a $10.7 million grant to Abramson Cancer Center to study CAR T cells in solid tumors

On Oct. 22, 2018, the National Cancer Institute (NC) awarded a $10.7 million five year grant to Abramson…

The human p53 gene was cloned

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The human p53 gene was cloned

On Dec. 20, 1984, a team of scientists announced that a cDNA clone for human p53 cellular tumor…

David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, and Howard Martin Temin awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, and Howard Martin Temin awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine

In 1975, Caltech President David Baltimore, former Caltech faculty member and Salk Institute researcher Renato Delbucco, and Caltech…

A virus (the Epstein-Barr virus) was linked to human cancer (Burkitt lymphoma) for the first time

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A virus (the Epstein-Barr virus) was linked to human cancer (Burkitt lymphoma) for the first time

In 1964, a new herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), was discovered in cultured tumor cells derived from a Burkitt…

NIH scientists first identified type II cell of pulmonary alveolus as the cell of origin of the common alveologenic tumours of the lungs

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NIH scientists first identified type II cell of pulmonary alveolus as the cell of origin of the common alveologenic tumours of the lungs

In 1939, Hugh G. Grady and Harold L. Stewart first identified the type II cell of the pulmonary…