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2009 In the News
- Lost Golf Balls Used to Raise Fundsd
Sometimes the simplest thing can inspire people. For two boys, Braydin (10) and Torin (7) Sones, it was golf balls. Read more...
- Nemours Researchers find Beta Protein of Sodium Pump Plays an Important Role in Heart Function
Dr. Aayappan Rajasekaran’s research team had previously found that beta-subunit of sodium pump was a cancer biomarker and are investigating how this protein is involved in cancer. Read more...
- Member Dr. Eric Sandler elected President of the FL Chapter American Cancer Society
Dr. Eric Sandler, Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Executive Member of the NCCCR has been elected as the President of the Florida Chapter of the American Cancer Society (ACS). Read more ...
- A Visit from Governor Jack Markell
On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, Gov. Jack Markell toured the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research (NCCCR) in Wilmington, Delaware, in honor of September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Read more ...
- Lab Offers Hope for Kids with Cancer
Napper, who comes to Nemours by way of the University of Pennsylvania and a 16-year career with biopharmaceutical companies, is assembling a high-throughput screening lab -- a research method that combines biological analysis, robotics and data processing to rapidly test the potential of thousands of compounds to disrupt the activity of cancer cells. Read more ...
- Andrew Napper, PhD, joins Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research
NCCCR has recruited Andrew Napper, PhD, as the Head of the High Throughput Screening and Drug Discovery Laboratory. Dr. Napper comes to us from the Penn Center for Molecular Drug Discovery. At NCCCR, Dr. Napper will be involved in discovering new drugs for childhood cancers. Read more ...
- WHYY and ABCTV covers grant announcement ceremony
$250,000 research grant presented to Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research (NCCCR). ABCTV Philadelphia covered the ceremony at A.I. duPont Hospital, and WHYY TV aired a wonderful piece.
- Direct Link Between Mental Attitude and Healing
There is some medical research called "Neuro-Immunology" that shows a direct link between a person's mental attitude and their ability to heal. A local family does not need to see that report to believe it.
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- Angels in Our Midst
11 year old Jessica Potthoff has spent the last year in a long, painful journey; a battle for her life.
But when the days got darkest, she learned she had a host of guardian angels making the journey with her.
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- B+ Foundation awards $250,000 to NCCCR
The B+ Foundation has announced its recipient for their inaugural research grant is the NCCCR. The grant has been allocated to fund a high-throughput screening device which will accelerate the drug discovery process to develop new chemotherapy treatments.
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- Sigrid Rajasekaran, PhD, recognized as recipient of Research Scholar Grant
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, recognized current and former recipients of Scoiety research funding at a luncheon held at the Chase Center on the Wilmington Riverfront. Click here for more information.
- American Cancer Society Officials visit NCCCR
On April 24, Patricia Hoge, RN, PhD, Chief Mission Officer of the South Atlantic Division of the ACS, Alva Hutchinson, Regional Executive Director, and Navami Naik, Lead Manager, India Programs, ACS, toured the NCCCR lab. Click here for photos.
On May 5, Susan Forbes, Regional Mission Delivery Director of the ACS and her husband, Steve, who is a cancer survivor, visited the Cancer Center. Click here for photos.
We are always delighted to welcome our supporters at the American Cancer Society.
- UD Students dance to raise money for cancer research
1,400 students participated in the UDance Marathon on April 26 and helped raise approximately $23,000. Significant contributions will be made to the B+ Foundation who supports cancer research. For the full article please click here.
- Series on Beating Cancer in Philadelphia Inquirer
As part of their series on Beating Cancer, the Philadelphia Inquirer interviewed Dr. Ayyappan Rajasekaran and Dr. Sigrid Rajasekaran. Please click here for the full article.
- American Cancer Society awards funding to Sigrid Rajasekaran, PhD
The American Cancer Society has awarded a Research Scholar Grant to Sigrid Rajasekaran, PhD. The four-year $720,000 grant is to study the mechanism of increased function of growth factors in cancer cells. To read more, please click here.
- Nemours' New Research Center Focusing on Pediatrics Next Challenge: Targeting Specific Molecules on Cancer Cells Vital to Cancer Progression
With a mission of combating childhood cancer, the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research (NCCCR) recently opened its newest center in Wilmington, De., where Nemours, one of the nation's largest pediatric health systems, has a significant presence. To read more, please click here.
- Alfred I. duPont Hospital gets grant from Alex’s Lemonade
Money to be used for childhood cancer research The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children will have an extra $200,000 or so to fight cancer, money that was raised because of a little girl’s lemonade stand. To read more, please click here.
