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At the annual Research Matters conference yesterday, top scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center discussed research using… Read More »Top Maryland scientists discuss research on tracking and treating cancer
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*This blog post was written by the Kimmel Cancer Center's development specialist, Allison Rich. Anyone who has ever heard the words “you have cancer” knows… Read More »Improving the ‘Care’ in Cancer Care
Johns Hopkins undergraduate student Sabrina Wang won first place in a competition among 125 students for her research on a lethal type of pediatric brain… Read More »Johns Hopkins Student Wins Top Prize For Research on Lethal Brain Tumors in Children
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--This blog post celebrates the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. When we launched the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer… Read More »Making Real and Measureable Progress with Immunotherapy
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