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- A Purdue team has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer, a subtype with limited targeted treatment options. Led by Kyle Cottrell, with graduate student Addison Young, a co-author on the study. purdue.link/TNBC-target
- Winter may be here, but we’re looking ahead to spring 👟 REGISTER NOW for the 2026 nighttime 5K Challenge to join forces with the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research on April 18 as #Boilermakers take the next giant leap toward finishing cancer.
- Research led by PICR member David Thompson and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a new virus-mimicking platform for delivering mRNA therapies to bladder cancer cells.
- 🧫 A major milestone for a growing lab and for cancer research at Purdue: Brittany Allen-Petersen, a member of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, has received a prestigious $2M+ R01 grant from the NCI to study how cancer cells adapt to nutrient-poor environments.
- 🔬 *Advancing Precision Medicine* 🗞️ Congrats to PICR member Daisuke Kihara and his team at Intellicule on receiving a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). purdue.link/intellicule-...
- Many PICR members were recognized among 's 2025 Seed for Success Acorn Award honorees. The prestigious annual awards investigators whose proposals earned $1M+ in external support, underscoring their impact across the university's growing scientific portfolio, including advances in cancer research.
- Advanced treatments need advanced delivery. In a new study, researchers including PICR members You-Yeon Won and Bennett Elzey developed collagenase-functionalized nanoparticles that help break down the dense extracellular matrix inside solid tumors.
- How do immune cells know where to go? Purdue scientists found the answer in bioelectricity. A study led by PICR investigators Qing Deng and GuangJun Zhang shows that voltage changes across a cell’s membrane help neutrophils sense direction and move with precision.
- Purdue is recognized in the global top 10 of the Times Higher Education 2026 Interdisciplinary Science Rankings — No. 10 worldwide, No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 3 among U.S. publics.
- 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Congratulations to Kinam Park, cancer institute member and Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Pharmaceutics, on again being named in Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers! #Purdue | #Pharmacy | #Engineering | #Education | #BoilerUp | #Research
- Thank you to everyone who made Cancer Research Day 2025 a success! From the presenters to the faculty, from the organizers to friends of trainees who came out to show support — you made the day memorable and make the #Purdue cancer research community so impactful.
- Today is One Health Day. Purdue is a leader in connecting disciplines to drive real-world health impact, improving outcomes across species. Check out recent stories about the discoveries of #Purdue cancer researchers demonstrating that impact. 🧵 #CancerResearch #OneHealth
- When breast cancer spreads, survival rates fall. PICR member Dorothy Teegarden & postdoctoral scholar Chaylen Andolino discovered how metastatic breast cancer cells store and burn fat to survive and spread, revealing clues that could help prevent metastasis. 💗 #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
- From uncovering immune mechanisms to developing next-generation cancer immunotherapies, Purdue Institute for Cancer Research investigators Qing Deng and Sandro Matosevic are among four new Showalter Faculty Scholars driving research that improves human health. www.purdue.edu/newsroom/pur...
- 📣 Heading to Ross-Ade this Saturday? Stop by Boilermaker Crossing (9 a.m.–noon) to visit the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research team! We’ll have goodies, popcorn, and info on how you can help Hammer Down Cancer. 💛🖤
- “Genetics is so cool, I want to learn more!” A moment of curiosity set Jiaxin Long on a path from China to Buffalo to Purdue. At Purdue, she earned a joint master’s in statistics and computer science and a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology, studying in the lab of Joe Ogas.
- Purdue researchers adapted cesium-131 radiotherapy to treat a dog’s brain tumor. This brachytherapy method could be a new alternative to extending the life of man’s best friend. #dogs #VetMed #oncology #cancer #research @pucvm.bsky.social
- Certain types of biochemical processes can impair the immune system’s ability to recognize and kill #cancer cells. A team led by Andy Tao, professor of Purdue Biochemistry and member of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, developed a new way to study these processes.
- PICR Deputy Director Andrea Kasinski has earned an $800K Translational Grant from the The V Foundation for Cancer Research to advance her innovative miRNA-based treatments closer to the clinic. #Cancer #CancerResearch #Oncology #VictoryOverCancer
- PICR Director Andrew Mesecar is developing patented enzyme inhibitors as treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver #cancer. Purdue Innovates' Trask Innovation Fund is helping advance this breakthrough work. #CancerResearch #CancerScience #Oncology_Innovations #BeatCancer
- To end #cancer, we must first understand it.
- Representing Purdue's growing strength in #RNA science, researchers, including Purdue Institute for Cancer Research investigator Kyle Cottrell, Barbara Golden and lab members, are in San Diego at #rna2025!
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