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Newswise: Wistar Institute Researchers Identify Parkinson-related Protein’s Role in Cancer and T Cell Activation
Released: 17-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Wistar Institute Researchers Identify Parkinson-related Protein’s Role in Cancer and T Cell Activation
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Wistar scientists have demonstrated the role of Parkin — a protein implicated in Parkinson's disease — in the body’s innate immune response to cancer.

Newswise: Scientists at The Wistar Institute Clone Several New Anti-Interferon Antibodies - Developing Future Therapeutic Candidates with Broad Application Potential
Released: 17-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Scientists at The Wistar Institute Clone Several New Anti-Interferon Antibodies - Developing Future Therapeutic Candidates with Broad Application Potential
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Wistar Institute scientists have successfully isolated and cloned fully human antibodies that can block specific Type-I interferon molecules in vitro; their discovery has an array of potential clinical & research applications, enabling scientists with a new way to investigate the role of specific Type-I interferons in a variety of diseases.

   
Newswise: The Wistar Institute Grows Research Enterprise Signs New Lease at uCity Square
12-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Wistar Institute Grows Research Enterprise Signs New Lease at uCity Square
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The Wistar Institute and Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, announced that Wistar has signed a lease for new laboratory and office space at uCity Square in Philadelphia to expand its capacity and resources essential for making groundbreaking discoveries that advance human health.

Newswise: Wistar Celebrates Accomplishments of Diverse, Next-Gen Students & Pre-apprentices Completing Summer Science Education & Training Programs
Released: 1-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Wistar Celebrates Accomplishments of Diverse, Next-Gen Students & Pre-apprentices Completing Summer Science Education & Training Programs
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Wistar Celebrates Accomplishments of 58 Diverse, Next-Gen Students & Pre-apprentices Completing Summer Science Education & Training Programs.

Newswise: Wistar to Honor 2023 Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Katalin Karikó
Released: 25-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Wistar to Honor 2023 Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Katalin Karikó
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Wistar Institute honors 2023 Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó, Ph.D., as the 2024 Helen Dean King Award recipient on October 8, 2024 at noon (ET).

Newswise: Nobel Laureate Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., Delivers 
28th Annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture at The Wistar Institute
Released: 10-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Nobel Laureate Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., Delivers 28th Annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture at The Wistar Institute
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July 16th at 6:30 pm EDT, Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology Drew Weissman, M.D., Ph.D., delivers the 28th annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture at The Wistar Institute in recognition of his outstanding contributions to HIV research.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment: Wistar and Accelerated Biosciences Collaborate to Pioneer Transformative Immune Cell Therapies
Released: 10-Jul-2024 10:40 AM EDT
Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment: Wistar and Accelerated Biosciences Collaborate to Pioneer Transformative Immune Cell Therapies
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The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce a research collaboration with Accelerated Biosciences Corp. aimed at creating a platform based on human trophoblast stem cells to explore new immunotherapies that use Accelerated Bio’s proprietary technology.

Newswise: Wistar Recruits Jozef Madzo, Ph.D., as Director of Bioinformatics
Released: 1-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Wistar Recruits Jozef Madzo, Ph.D., as Director of Bioinformatics
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Jozef Madzo, Ph.D., recruited as an assistant professor and director of Bioinformatics, at The Wistar Institute.

   
Newswise: Wistar’s Dr. Noam Auslander Awarded $600K V Foundation Grant to Identify Connections between Gut Microbial Genes & Melanoma immunotherapy
Released: 27-Jun-2024 10:35 AM EDT
Wistar’s Dr. Noam Auslander Awarded $600K V Foundation Grant to Identify Connections between Gut Microbial Genes & Melanoma immunotherapy
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The Wistar Institute's Dr. Noam Auslander was awarded a $600,000 Women Scientists Innovation Award for Cancer Research grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to support the next three years of her research, which will use proteins of gut bacteria to predict immunotherapy benefit in melanoma.

Newswise: Wistar Scientists Develop Novel Antibody Treatment for Kidney Cancer
Released: 4-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Wistar Scientists Develop Novel Antibody Treatment for Kidney Cancer
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Wistar scientists have built upon BTE technology to develop new and improved recombinant and synthetic DNA versions of therapeutic antibodies that target CA9, called Persistent Multivalent T Cell Engager (CA9-PMTE), that shows promise in pre-clinical models as a potent, long-lasting treatment against ccRCC.

Newswise: Wistar Research Identifies Mechanisms for Selective Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Strategy
Released: 28-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Wistar Research Identifies Mechanisms for Selective Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Strategy
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Wistar Institute’s Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and lab, have demonstrated how B cells infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can contribute to a pathogenic, inflammatory phenotype that contributes to multiple sclerosis (MS); the group has also shown how these problematic B cells can be selectively targeted in a way that reduces the damaging autoimmune response of multiple sclerosis.

Newswise: The Wistar Institute Awarded Second National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Award-winning STEM Training Program
Released: 14-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
The Wistar Institute Awarded Second National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Award-winning STEM Training Program
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Wistar was awarded a $649,971 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the continued expansion of its award-winning Biomedical Technician Training (BTT) Pre-apprenticeship Program.

Newswise: Wistar Scientists Discover New Immunosuppressive Mechanism in Brain Cancer
3-May-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Wistar Scientists Discover New Immunosuppressive Mechanism in Brain Cancer
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The Wistar Institute assistant professor Dr. Filippo Veglia has discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma — a serious and often fatal brain cancer — suppresses the immune system so that the tumor can grow unimpeded by the body’s defenses.

Newswise: Promising Personalized Approach to Liver Cancer Therapy 
Made Possible by DNA-based Neoantigen Research 
Designed at The Wistar Institute
Released: 1-May-2024 9:10 AM EDT
Promising Personalized Approach to Liver Cancer Therapy Made Possible by DNA-based Neoantigen Research Designed at The Wistar Institute
Wistar Institute

Results of a new clinical trial published in Nature Medicine show that a novel, personalized neoantigen vaccine therapy demonstrated promising anti-tumor efficacy in patients with liver cancer who failed their original front-line treatment. The foundational biomedical research leading to this important study and important outcome originated from research in the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at The Wistar Institute.

Newswise: Wistar Scientists Identify Pro-aging ‘Sugar Signature’ in the Blood of People Living with HIV
Released: 10-Apr-2024 9:30 AM EDT
Wistar Scientists Identify Pro-aging ‘Sugar Signature’ in the Blood of People Living with HIV
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Wistar's Dr. Abdel-Mohsen has identified sugar abnormalities in the blood that may promote biological aging and inflammation in people living with HIV.

Newswise: The Wistar Institute Appoints Max Berger to its Board of Trustees
Released: 27-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
The Wistar Institute Appoints Max Berger to its Board of Trustees
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The Wistar Institute Appoints Max Berger to its Board of Trustees

Newswise: Wistar Scientists Discover Link Between Leaky Gut and 
Accelerated Biological Aging
Released: 23-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Wistar Scientists Discover Link Between Leaky Gut and Accelerated Biological Aging
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Wistar Institute’s Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen has demonstrated a connection between viral damage to the gut and premature biological aging.

Newswise: The Wistar Institute Announces New Caspar Wistar Fellow, Dr. Irene Bertolini
Released: 15-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
The Wistar Institute Announces New Caspar Wistar Fellow, Dr. Irene Bertolini
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Wistar Institute is pleased to announce the recruitment of Irene Bertolini, Ph.D., to pursue research in breast and brain cancers.

Newswise: Wistar’s Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., Receives ‘Diversity in Business’ Award
Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Wistar’s Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., Receives ‘Diversity in Business’ Award
Wistar Institute

Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., is one of the recipients of the 2024 Diversity in Business Award from the Philadelphia Business Journal.



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