Recent Press Releases
- NCI launches largest-ever study of breast cancer genetics in black womenJuly 6, 2016The Breast Cancer Genetic Study in African-Ancestry Populations initiative is a collaborative research project that will identify genetic factors that may underlie breast cancer disparities. It is the largest study ever to investigate how genetic and biological factors contribute to breast cancer risk among black women
- Significant expansion of data available in the Genomic Data CommonsJune 29, 2016The recently launched Genomic Data Commons will get a dramatic increase in the power and utility of its resources with the signing today of a data sharing agreement between the NCI and Foundation Medicine, Inc. (FMI), a molecular information company.
- Newly launched Genomic Data Commons to facilitate data and clinical information sharingJune 6, 2016The Genomic Data Commons (GDC), a unified data system that promotes sharing of genomic and clinical data between researchers, launched today with a visit from Vice President Joe Biden to the operations center at the University of Chicago.
- NIH study visualizes proteins involved in cancer cell metabolismMay 26, 2016Scientists using cryo-electron microscopy have broken through a technological barrier in visualizing proteins with an approach that may have an impact on drug discovery and development, capturing images of an enzyme found in cells at a resolution of 1.8 angstroms.
- Increased Physical Activity Associated with Lower Risk of 13 Types of CancerMay 16, 2016A new study of the relationship between physical activity and cancer has shown that greater levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with a lower risk of developing 13 different types of cancer; the risk of developing seven cancer types was 20 percent lower among the most active participants as compared with the least active participants.
- Analysis of rare endocrine cancer reveals novel genetic alterationsMay 9, 2016A molecular characterization of adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare cancer of the adrenal cortex, analyzed 91 cases for alterations in the tumor genomes and identified several novel genetic mutations as likely mechanisms driving the disease as well as whole genome doubling as a probable driver of the disease.
- Elevated bladder cancer risk in New England and arsenic in drinking water from private wellsMay 2, 2016A new study has found that drinking water from private wells, particularly dug wells established during the first half of the 20th century, may have contributed to the elevated risk of bladder cancer that has been observed in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont for over 50 years.
- NCI opens online platform to submit ideas about research for Cancer MoonshotApril 18, 2016NCI has launched an online platform to enable the research community and the public to submit ideas on the National Cancer Moonshot efforts.
- Blue Ribbon Panel announced to help guide Vice President Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot InitiativeApril 4, 2016The Blue Ribbon Panel, a working group of the National Cancer Advisory Board, will recommend how best to advance the themes of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Panel members represent a spectrum of scientific areas, cancer advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
- Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline; Increase in Liver Cancer Deaths Cause For ConcernMarch 9, 2016The Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (1975-2012) shows that death rates continued to decline for all cancers combined, as well as for most cancer sites for men and women, and also for children.
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