Each year The Hirshberg Foundation and our dedicated supporters eagerly await November – National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. November is when we shine a light on one of the most […]
PC365 – A Month is Not Enough
Direct Link between Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer
Posted in Medical News Today on 10/04/2013 Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have found the first direct link between obesity and cancer of the pancreas. This research […]
Metformin’s Anti-Cancer Properties Clarified in an Obesity Cell Model of Pancreatic Cancer
SiDMAP and University of Arizona researchers gain a clearer understanding of the mechanistic properties of the drug metformin. The study may explain the mechanism of how elevated circulating cholesterol, which […]
Celebrating Scientific Discoveries
The 10th Annual Agi Hirshberg Symposium will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Pancreatic Association in Miami from October 30—November 2, 2013. The program will […]
Novel Molecular Targets of Metformin in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Normal cells become cancerous through a set of steps that result in the continuous activity of signaling pathways that stimulate their multiplication and dissemination to other sites in the organism. […]