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B-roll: Phil Knight Quote Wall

B-roll: Phil Knight Quote Wall

June 04, 2026

Video of the Phil Knight quote: "Is there a higher cause than curing cancer" on a ground-floor wall inside the OHSU Knight Cancer Research building on the South Waterfront in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU grows neuro-oncology expertise for patient benefit

OHSU grows neuro-oncology expertise for patient benefit

May 29, 2026
OHSU’s departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, alongside the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, collaborate to deliver advanced clinical care, innovative clinical trials and cutting-edge research for patients with brain, spine and other central nervous system tumors. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)
Una proteína causante de cáncer también ayuda a los tumores a reparar su ADN

Una proteína causante de cáncer también ayuda a los tumores a reparar su ADN

May 19, 2026

Rosalie Sears, Ph.D., es la autora principal de un nuevo estudio publicado en Genes & Development. Su equipo en la OHSU descubrió que la proteína MYC —responsable del desarrollo del cáncer— también ayuda a las células tumorales dañadas a sobrevivir al tratamiento mediante la reparación de su ADN; un hallazgo que podría conducir a nuevas estrategias para hacer más eficaces la quimioterapia y otras terapias que dañan el ADN. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Cancer-causing protein also helps tumors repair their DNA

Cancer-causing protein also helps tumors repair their DNA

May 19, 2026

Rosalie Sears, Ph.D., is senior author of a new study published in Genes & Development. Her team at OHSU found that the cancer-driving protein MYC also helps damaged tumor cells survive treatment by repairing their DNA — a discovery that could lead to new strategies to make chemotherapy and other DNA-damaging therapies more effective. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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