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Oct 06, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Member, Lisa Flanagan, PhD - New Findings Could Help Restore Brain Function After a Stroke
“One reason stroke is so debilitating is the narrow treatment window, which is less than one day.”
Cancer In Focus - Events, Funding Opportunities, Announcements, & News
Events, Funding Opportunities, Announcements, & News
October 01, 2025
Oct 01, 2025
Member, Herdeline Ann Ardoña, PhD - UC Irvine engineers develop technology that stimulates heart cells with light
“We show for the first time that light can be converted into cardiac stimulatory cues, with synthetic materials made of biomolecules.”
Sep 30, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Member, Cholsoon Jang, PhD – Understanding How Fiber Improves Metabolic Health
“We found that consuming a type of dietary fiber called inulin, abundant in vegetables, changes the bacteria in the gut to promote the consumption of harmful dietary fructose.”
Sep 26, 2025
Member, Quinton Smith, PhD - Lab-Made Organoids That Mimic Reproductive Tissues Could Point to Treatments for Common Conditions Such as Pre-Eclampsia and Endometriosis
These models could pave the way for future treatments for conditions like pre-eclampsia and endometriosis.
NCI Fiscal Year 2027 Annual Plan & Professional Judgment Budget Proposal
The proposal represents NCI’s assessment of the optimal Congressional funding needed to harness the many extraordinary opportunities that present themselves in cancer research.
Member, Michael Demetriou, MD, PhD - Velcro-Like Pan-Cancer Immunotherapy Destroys Tumors Without Harming Healthy Tissue
“This novel technology may, for the first time, allow the widespread application of targeted T-cell therapy to solid tumors, which is the ‘holy grail’ in the immuno-oncology field."
Sep 25, 2025
Member, Selma Masri, PhD - What Researchers Suspect May be Fueling Cancer Among Millennials
"...circadian disruption alters the gut microbiome and intestinal barrier function, potentially making it easier for cancerous cells to spread"
Member, Zhongping Chen, PhD - UC Irvine Team Receives $3 Million NIH Award for Revolutionary Deep Tissue Imaging
“We are developing a fast, advanced imaging system that uses innovative light techniques to see deep inside the body in clear detail, in real time."
Member, Jeremy Harris, MD, MPhil - SWOG Cancer Research Network Unveils LeAP-D Course and Welcomes 28th Cohort of Early Career Investigators
Each member brings forward a trial concept with the potential to fill critical gaps in cancer research