Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, discusses his research on a new, immunotherapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer. Dr. Vonderheide is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Abramson Cancer Center physicians Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD, and Peter O...

Fighting cancer can feel like fighting a ghost. But sometimes, all it takes is a shift in perspective to help us find the answers we've been looking for. Did you know that "cancer" is just a name for hundreds of different diseases? Makes diagnosis and treatment seem pretty tough. However, Clarient −

Vaxil Biotherapeutics is developing a revolutionary new treatment for cancer called ImMucin.

ImMucin is a new type of drug called a therapeutic vaccine. A therapeutic vaccine harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer.

A therapeutic vaccine teaches the body's immune system...

InSitu Foundation is a 501(c)3 dedicated to training dogs to detect cancer in humans.InSitu Foundation has participated in 2 federally funded studies, where we looked at the diagnostic accuracy of canine scent detection in early and late stage lung, breast, and ovarian cancer. Insitu Foundation's m...

This video demonstrates how cancer growth happens in human body.

One year old mixed beagle/hounds Buster, Indie and Romeo are performing their twice daily cancer detection training which is how they are fed. They have successfully trained dogs to identify urine containing e.coli, the bacteria that causes a certain type of urinary tract infection, and to distingu...

A theme song for breast cancer awareness month, October 2011 by Steven Sterling. A Song for anybody affected direct or indirectly by cancer. Lyrically it speaks of Hope, Faith and Love whilst musically it competed as the South African entry for the World Peace Song Festival in Italy. The "Take my ...

Poliovirus targets brain tumors at the Preston Robert Tisch Tumor Center at DukeDrs. Darell Bigner, Matthias Gromeier, John Sampson, Annick Desjardins, and Henry Friedman talk about the most exciting and promising new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors. They are planning to test thi...

Penn was built on the concept of innovation. “If it’s new, novel and holds promise to change the world,” says President Amy Gutmann, “you’ll find it at Penn.”

16 year-old scientist and humanitarian Jack Andraka has already changed the world. At 15, he won the Intel ISEF Gorden E. Moore award, the $75,000 top prize, for his invention of an early stage Pancreatic Cancer diagnostic test. Being referred to "the 15 year-old who changed the course of medicine" ...