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OHSU receives $2.5 million for cancer research from Kuni Foundation

By OHSU Communications March 05, 2021

Grants will help advance low-cost blood biopsies, introduce underrepresented high school students to careers in cancer research, treatment and prevention.

Husband-wife team from Stanford University tapped to lead two cancer programs at OHSU

By Amanda Gibbs July 09, 2020

Oncology experts will head the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, direct new center for experimental therapeutics.

Tim and Mary Boyle give $10 million to OHSU for joint center for biomedical data science

By Amanda Gibbs February 20, 2020

Donation supports new Oregon-based collaboration utilizing “big data” to better fight cancer and other diseases.

A new prescription for cancer: Exercise

By Joe Rojas-Burke October 16, 2019

Updated guidance concludes activity tailored to the individual can reduce side effects, improve quality of life.

‘Bone in a dish’ opens new window on cancer initiation, metastasis, bone healing

By Joe Rojas-Burke August 06, 2019

Like real bone, the material developed at OHSU has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration.

‘What is funding pancreatic cancer research, Alex?’: Oregon 'Jeopardy! Teen Tournament' finalist donates to OHSU

By Amanda Gibbs June 27, 2019

Teen hopes donation will raise awareness for early detection research and support of treatment initiatives.

Sunil Joshi: ‘There’s a fire inside of me’ to help patients

By Amanda Gibbs May 13, 2019

Research Week 2019: M.D./Ph.D. student's experience translating for his family fuels his desire to treat underserved communities.

Careers in cancer: Apply now

By Franny White February 14, 2019

OHSU Knight Scholars program is accepting applications from rural, underrepresented ninth- and 10th-graders.

Immunovia, OHSU collaborating on early detection test for pancreatic cancer

October 04, 2015

Immunovia AB and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) formed a collaboration to confirm, validate and commercialize a blood test for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The test called IMMray™ PanCan-d analyses a patient’s immune system for early signs of disease. The collaboration will also enable researchers to explore biomarkers for a number of other cancer types.

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