American Cancer Society grant fuels MSU research in colorectal, breast and cervical cancer
Four dedicated researchers from Michigan State University have received grants totaling more than $3 million from the American Cancer Society, or ACS, to find new ways to prevent, detect, treat and help patients survive colorectal, breast and cervical cancer.
“We take our commitment to funding cutting-edge cancer research seriously and intend to do so well into the future,” said William Dahut, chief scientific officer at the ACS. “We are excited about the innovative projects we were able to fund and look forward to growing this investment. We are also thrilled to welcome these new grantees into our ACS Research Family and wish them the best of luck with their important work.”
Henry Ford + MSU researchers collaborate to shift pancreatic cancer outlook from bleak to bright
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer. The five-year survival rate is just 13%. On average, patients survive for only nine months after diagnosis and roughly 66,000 people are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Now, researchers from Henry Ford Health and MSU are coming together to share their knowledge and expertise with the aim of changing this somber prognosis.
“I completely believe in team science,” said Jennifer Klomp, a pancreatic cancer researcher at Michigan State University. “I think the resulting science is better and more rigorous. You come at something with different approaches, different ways of thinking and different ideas. And the output, in the end, is more beneficial.”
National Medal of Science awarded to oncofertility innovator, MSU Research Foundation Professor Teresa Woodruff
Teresa K. Woodruff joined an elite group of Americans who have received two national medals of honor when President Joe Biden announced the latest recipients of the National Medal of Science on Jan. 3.
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented Woodruff with the medal at a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on the same date.
MSU researchers use virtual reality to modernize health care training
Michigan State University researchers have developed a virtual reality curriculum to prepare health care professionals and students for the complexities of caring for patients with tracheostomies and laryngectomies.
Michigan State University researchers have developed a virtual reality curriculum to prepare health care professionals and students for the complexities of caring for patients with tracheostomies and laryngectomies.