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Hirshberg Funded International Researcher Publishes Findings

April 3, 2017

2011 Seed Grant Recipient Ido Wolf, MD from University of Tel Aviv, Israel, recently published his findings that will offer novel approaches towards development of new therapies for pancreatic cancer. […]

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EPC Hirshberg Award Winners Announced

August 12, 2016

At the 48th meeting of the European Pancreatic Club, held this past June 8, 2016, in Liverpool, winners of the Hirshberg Awards were presented by one of the leading pancreatic […]

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Seed Grant Recipient Receives Prestigious NIH Award

August 12, 2016

Dr. Timothy Frankel, MD, University of Michigan, has received the NIH Clinical Scientist Career Development Award. This award is a 5 year study totaling $875,000. The NIH funded project is […]

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New Hope for Treating Pancreatic Cancer

June 28, 2016

Stephen Pandol, MD, and Mouad Edderkaoui, PhD, from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have developed a novel drug, Metavert, to treat pancreatic cancer. The drug is designed to prevent metastasis of pancreatic […]

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2015 Seed Grant Awardee Published

May 3, 2016

I am pleased to share the following publication featured in the prestigious journal “Nature, April 16, 2016”. George Miller, MD, one of our Seed Grant Awardee’s in the 2015-16 cycle, […]

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New method of drug delivery may be safer and more effective against pancreatic cancer

March 4, 2016

UCLA researchers use nanoparticles to send chemotherapy drug directly to the tumor site, reducing damage to healthy tissues By Shaun Mason The overall five-year survival rate for people with pancreatic […]

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