UH Cancer Center receives $2.44 million national grant
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Caner Center’s James Turkson receives $2.44 million NIH grant to develop therapies against the cancer-inducing Stat3 protein.
New satellite facility in operation and more in the news
Reading time: 3 minutes A new satellite communication facility that will help improve local weather and ocean forecasts is among the UH programs and people highlighted in news coverage over the past week.
Four receive Weinman Innovator Award
Reading time: < 1 minute University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers Sandi Kwee, Maarit Tiirikainen, Linda Wong and Min-Ae Song receive $50,000 to conduct further research into liver cancer.
Cancer research earns cover story and more in the news
Reading time: 2 minutes UH mesothelioma findings on the cover of a leading cancer research publication is among the news coverage highlights from the past week.
Cancer center receives NCI designation renewal
Reading time: 2 minutes The UH Cancer Center has been awarded a five-year renewal of its National Cancer Institute designation.
A new target identified in treating mesothelioma
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Cancer Center’s Haining Yang found a new target gene for treating mesothelioma in early stages.
New Appointments
Reading time: 2 minutes Jodi Leong joins the University of Hawaiʻi System and Herbert Yu joins University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.
UH technology will be commercialized
Reading time: 2 minutes Three technologies developed by UH researchers will be commercialized by the Honolulu-based Pono Corporation.
T-shirt design contest aims to beat skin cancer
Reading time: < 1 minute The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and Xcel holds contest to help Hawaiʻi youth prevent skin cancer.
Mutation makes anti-cancer protein a tumor booster
Reading time: 2 minutes A cancer inhibitor can also trigger tumor development according to surprising new UH Cancer Center findings.
