UC San Diego |

A pediatric cancer drug three decades in the making

Experimental immunotherapy treatment first successfully used in the 1990s is finally available for commercial use.

UC Santa Cruz |

Study reveals key structure in telomerase enzyme — target for cancer drugs

Over-activation of telomerase in most malignant tumors has made the unusual enzyme a prime target for drug development efforts.

UC Davis |

Researchers awarded $15.5M to build first total-body PET scanner

New technology could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated.

UCLA |

UCLA and VA launch program to enhance cancer care for veterans

UCLA-VA pilot project is nation’s first to offer veterans access to cutting-edge cancer clinical trials and state-of-the-art treatment facilities.

UC Newsroom |

Five things women should know about breast cancer

UC San Francisco's Dr. Laura Esserman, who leads the Athena Breast Health Network — a collaboration of the five UC medical centers — offers insights into breast cancer.

Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Investigating link between thirdhand smoke and cancer

Berkeley Lab gets $1.3M to study health impacts of the stubborn, noxious residue left behind from smoked tobacco.

UC San Francisco |

Building human breast tissue, cell by cell

Zev Gartner's innovative work in 3-D tissue generation has earned him a spot on Popular Science's 'Brilliant 10' list of 2015.

UC Berkeley |

Virus in cattle linked to human breast cancer

Odds of breast cancer are greater when the easily transmitted bovine leukemia virus is present.

UC San Francisco |

Crunching numbers to combat cancer

National Cancer Institute grant of $5 million will fund a massive effort to integrate data from all experimental models across all types of cancer — moving the needle forward on precision medicine.

UCLA |

Promising new treatment for deadliest form of brain cancer

Method combines chemotherapy drug with adoptive cell transfer, in which a patient’s own immune cells are reprogrammed to target the disease.

UC Davis |

Employing dogs to sniff out cancer

Pups will put their superior sense of smell to work detecting cancer, especially at early stages, in humans.

UC Santa Cruz |

Precision medicine initiative funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project

State initiative provides $1.2 million for the Genomics Institute's California Kids Cancer Comparison project.