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, […]
New method of drug delivery may be safer and more effective against pancreatic cancer
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 […]
Supported Research Finds New Cause for Cancer Growth
Great news to start the new year!!! László G. Boros, MD, a former Hirshberg Seed Grant recipient to study novel mechanisms that lead to the development of pancreatic cancer, recently […]
More Female Seed Grant Recipients in the News
This has certainly been a newsworthy summer for women in sports, from our US Soccer team taking the World Cup title to Serena Williams winning her 21st Grand Slam title. […]
Hirshberg Foundation Supported Research Given Best Publication Award
We love progress!!! In 2011-2012 Emmanuelle Meuillet, PhD, received a Hirshberg Seed Grant to study novel therapeutics for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Her completed and published article “Contextual inhibition […]
Promising Results: Scientists Turn Cancer Cells into Normal Cells
It is hard for me to contain my enthusiasm about the recent publication in the Journal of the Pancreas by Pamela Itkin-Ansari, PhD, a Hirshberg Seed Grant award recipient in […]