2013 News Releases

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Study shows how program improves sun protection practices among children of melanoma survivors - 10/04/2013
Asthma attack prevention proposal awarded NIH New Innovator grant - 09/30/2013
UT MD Anderson and Cooper University Health Care Unite - 09/27/2013
New TCGA project finds cancer-driving changes shared across tumor types - 09/26/2013
Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) Reduces Need for Feeding Tubes by 50 Percent in Head and Neck Cancer Patients - 09/25/2013
National Cancer Institute awards $48.6 million grant to MD Anderson - 09/24/2013
A Conversation With a Living Legend® slates basketball greats - 09/11/2013
Evening race against melanoma benefits skin cancer research - 09/10/2013
Versatile microRNAs choke off cancer blood supply, suppress metastasis - 09/10/2013
George Calin celebrated for excellence in research - 09/04/2013
Inflammatory protein converts glioblastoma cells into most aggressive version - 08/29/2013
Promising screening tool for early detection of ovarian cancer - 08/25/2013
Study shows counseling via cell phone helps smokers with HIV/AIDS quit - 08/15/2013
Smoking cessation experts weigh in on e-cigarettes - 08/14/2013
Huffington Foundation gives $5 million to Neurodegeneration Consortium - 08/13/2013
Couple pledges $10 million gift to head and neck cancer research, treatment - 08/08/2013
Game on: Tobacco-Free Teens app goes live on iTunes - 08/08/2013
Cell maturity pathway is deleted or weak in glioblastoma multiforme - 08/07/2013
Targeted therapy identified for protein that protects and nourishes cancer - 08/01/2013
Company launched by MD Anderson to be acquired by Abbott - 07/24/2013
UT MD Anderson repeats as nation’s top hospital for cancer in annual survey - 07/15/2013
Study shows African-American chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients don’t survive as long as others who receive similar treatment - 07/11/2013
Researchers pinpoint sources of fibrosis-promoting cells that ravage organs - 07/01/2013
Making Cancer History® Seminar returns to Aspen Meadows Resort - 06/24/2013
‘Emperor of All Maladies’ Author Headlines Cancer Survivorship Conference Sept. 27-28 - 06/24/2013
Children's Cancer Hospital Opens New Combination Inpatient and Outpatient Unit - 06/21/2013
Ibrutinib continues strong showing against mantle cell lymphoma - 06/19/2013
Scientists catch EGFR passing a crucial message to cancer-promoting protein - 06/18/2013
Infographic: How to fill a healthy barbecue plate - 06/11/2013
Cooper University Health Care and MD Anderson Cancer Center Announce Partnership - 06/10/2013
MET protein levels show promise as biomarker for aggressive colon cancer - 06/04/2013
Test helps target glioblastoma patients most likely to benefit from bevacizumab - 06/02/2013
Bevacizumab offers no benefit for newly diagnosed glioblastoma, MD Anderson-led study finds - 06/02/2013
Study finds glioblastoma patients treated with bevacizumab experience reduced cognitive function and quality of life - 06/01/2013
American Cancer Society honors Isaiah J. Fidler for outstanding research - 05/29/2013
Colleen Villamin claims $15,000 nurse-oncologist prize - 05/28/2013
When oxygen is short, EGFR prevents maturation of cancer-fighting miRNAs - 05/23/2013
Lyda Hill commits $50 million to Moon Shots Program - 05/21/2013
Lower-income African-Americans living close to a fast food restaurant may have higher BMI - 05/16/2013
New department focuses on emerging field of health services research - 05/03/2012
Key protein fires up central nervous system inflammation - 05/01/2013
MD Anderson's Mendelsohn elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 04/24/2013
Same protein that fires up cancer-promoting Erk also blocks its activation - 04/19/2013
Maria Morelli awarded AACR fellowship for colorectal cancer research - 04/12/2013
Physician-scientist Ethan Dmitrovsky named provost and executive vice president - 04/11/2013
Run/Walk and Sprint for Sprouts Set for May 4 - 04/10/2013
T cell biology pioneer Allison wins first AACR honor for cancer immunology - 04/10/2013
MD Anderson's Hortobagyi honored by AACR for mentoring minority researchers - 04/10/2013
AACR calls for clinicians to pay more attention to patients’ tobacco use - 04/09/2013
Study finds key to calling back-up help when tumor-fighter p53 goes down - 04/08/2013
AACR Honors Hagop Kantarjian for outstanding clinical research - 04/08/2013
UT MD Anderson's Lozano awarded AACR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship - 04/08/2013
MD Anderson's Tsai wins AACR innovator award for plan to map molecular path to skin cancer - 04/08/2013
Return of a legend: Polo on the Prairie rides again April 27 - 04/08/2013
Low levels of serum bilirubin spell higher lung cancer risk for male smokers - 04/07/2013
Physican-Scientist Anirban Maitra brings leading expertise and passion for results to pancreatic cancer research leadership role at UT MD Anderson - 04/04/2013
Sports talk: KPRC’s Randy McIlvoy to interview Emmitt Smith, pro football veteran - 04/04/2013
Run for the Rose returns to inspire brain cancer patients and unite survivors from across Texas - 04/02/2013
Ronald DePinho, M.D., selected for prestigious Agilent Technologies Thought Leader Award - 03/29/2013
Study finds anti-smoking drug improves smokers’ chances of stopping - 03/27/2013
Five from MD Anderson among first inaugurated to AACR Academy - 03/27/2013
UT MD Anderson scientists uncover the nuclear life of actin - 03/24/2013
Dual awards pay tribute to gender equity trailblazers - 03/18/2013
Study shows confidence builds better exercise habits for cancer survivors - 03/08/2013
Infographic: Easy Ways to Add Whole Grains - 03/07/2013
Game on: MD Anderson to honor Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith - 03/05/2013
Cancer vaccines self-sabotage, channel immune attack to injection site - 03/03/2013
Keeping cancer on the run: Polo Under the Palms rides again March 23 - 02-26-2013
UT MD Anderson study shows new approach connecting smokers to quit lines increases smoking cessation treatment enrollment - 02/25/2013
Picture this: Imaging pioneer brings UT MD Anderson an innovative, collaborative focus on capturing cancer as complex system at home in its host - 02/15/2013
Versatile bench-to-bedside scientist, research leader Helen Piwnica-Worms appointed vice provost, science, at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center - 02/15/2013
Infographic: How to Make a Cancer-Fighting Snack - 02/14/2013
Protein central to cancer stem cell formation provides new potential target - 02/13/2013
Deep genomic analysis identifies a micro RNA opponent for ovarian cancer - 02/11/2013
Synthetic circuit allows dialing gene expression up or down in human cells - 02/11/2013
Study drug is first to help patients with recurrent low-grade ovarian cancer - 02/08/2013
Blood vessel cells coax colorectal cancer cells into more dangerous state - 01/31/2013
Preclinical study identifies 'master' proto-oncogene that regulates stress-induced ovarian cancer metastasis - 01/29/2013
Pivotal protein identified in ‘endless wound-healing’ that fatally scars kidneys - 01/28/2013
UT MD Anderson study finds qigong improves quality of life for breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy - 01/25/2013
Synthetic corkscrew peptide kills antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria - 01/24/2013
UT MD Anderson scientists find protein that reins in runaway network - 01/20/2013
MD Anderson presents Making Cancer History® - 01/14/2013
Project to capture, interrogate single cancer cells wins innovator award - 01/10/2013
Expanding Program Tackles Emerging Area of Health Care Research - 01/04/2013