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Cutting edge cancer research

Cutting edge cancer research

June 13, 2025

The Kuni Foundation awarded research teams at Oregon Health & Science University more than $2 million to improve detection and treatment of colorectal cancer and to develop a better approach to treat an aggressive form of brain cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Colorectal cancer progress

Colorectal cancer progress

June 13, 2025

Melissa Wong, Ph.D., and Summer Gibbs, Ph.D., were awarded $1,050,000 for a project titled “Noninvasive circulating hybrid cell biomarker: Early detection and monitoring of colorectal cancer.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson

May 15, 2025

Michael Henderson, B.A., biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, is part of a team that developed a new nanoparticle that makes cancer treatment safer and more effective. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Michael Henderson on ultrasound nanoparticles

Michael Henderson on ultrasound nanoparticles

May 15, 2025

Michael Henderson, B.A., biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, is part of a team that developed a new nanoparticle that makes cancer treatment safer and more effective. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Improving cancer treatment

Improving cancer treatment

May 15, 2025

Li Xiang, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, and Michael Henderson, B.A., biomedical engineering Ph.D. student, are part of a team that developed a new nanoparticle that makes cancer treatment safer and more effective. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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