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Kimmel cancer center

Cancer research
A chemotherapy alternative
Published Oct 5, 2016
Immunotherapy deploys the body's natural ability to fight cancer, could reduce toxic chemo treatments for children / Promise & Progress
Flower power?
Magnolia tested as breast cancer treatment
Published July 6, 2016
A compound made from the tree's cones shows promise against tumors spurred by the leptin hormone
Cancer research
Kimmel Center joins research consortium
Published June 22, 2016
Four leading cancer centers aim to discover, develop new treatments with support from biopharmaceutical company Celgene
Cancer research
Biden: New Hopkins cancer institute will 'bring hope to millions of people'
Published March 29, 2016
Vice president among speakers at dedication of $125 million Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer research
New institute will study promising approach to cancer treatment
Published March 29, 2016 Video
Bloomberg, Kimmel, others give $125M to support research into immunotherapy, which scientists say has potential to end all forms of cancer
Cancer research
Tumor growth slowed
Published March 22, 2016
Antibody targets 'gateway' commonly found in lung, breast cancers / School of Medicine
Groundbreaking
Cancer center expands
Published Sept 9, 2015
New 10-story, $100M Kimmel Cancer Center building to rise in East Baltimore
Asthma and prostate cancer
Published May 22, 2015
Men with history of asthma are less likely to develop fatal prostate cancer, study suggests / Hopkins Medicine
Analyzing cancer's causes
Published Jan 1, 2015
New findings show that random gene mutations cause two-thirds of adult cancer incidence across tissues
Triple therapy for brain tumors
Published Aug 4, 2014
Combination treatment including two types of immunotherapy, targeted radiation significantly prolongs survival of mice in trial / Hopkins Medicine