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UB, Roswell Park and URMC to Lead $47M Partnership to Advance Drug Discovery in Upstate New York

The University at Buffalo, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Rochester have joined together to form a powerful new drug discovery partnership that aims to convert the institutions’ scientific breakthroughs into viable pharmaceuticals for commercialization and strengthen the region as a hub for life sciences research and development.
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Two Roswell Park Immunology Leaders Honored by Society for Thermal Medicine

Two Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers who have focused their work around the impact of temperature on the immune system and its implications for cancer treatment were recently honored by the Society for Thermal Medicine (STM). Elizabeth Repasky, PhD, was awarded the 2018 William C. Dewey Award and Sharon Evans, PhD, received the J. Eugene Robinson Award at the STM’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, earlier this month.
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More Cancer Patients at Roswell Park Have Access to Dental and Oral Care

Building on a long and distinguished history of providing dental and oral health services to cancer patients, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is expanding its clinical and research services in dentistry and maxillofacial prosthetics. The expanded services will be part of a newly established Department of Oral Oncology.

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Latest Research Grants Bring More than $10 Million to Roswell Park Scientists

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have received a dozen recent competitive grant awards totaling more than $10 million from federal agencies. The largest individual award is a five-year grant that will support investigations into how certain forms of stress may impact our immune system. Three of the projects seek a better understanding of the behaviors involved with smoking and use of electronic cigarettes.