Douglas Hanahan elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society
EPFL Professor Douglas Hanahan has been elected among eighty researchers as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in the UK
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Allies or enemies of cancer: the dual fate of neutrophils
An international team including scientists from the UNIGE and Harvard has discovered a new type of immune cell whose action is essential for the success of immunotherapies
Tumour avatars to fight colorectal cancer – Press Release – UNIGE
A UNIGE team has developed a new approach to customize treatments by testing them on artificial tumours
How genome doubling helps cancer develop
A joint project developed in Oricchio lab at EPFL & Ciriello lab at UNIL Read more via the links.
‘Meet the Author’ Webinar: Prof. Douglas Hanahan and Dr. Agnieszka Chryplewicz
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When researchers join forces in the fight against cancer
It’s often said that scientists and doctors are “waging war” against cancer. This kind of bellicose talk often frames discussions around a disease that affects more than 40,000 people and…
CD4 T – a new killer lymphocyte enters the ring
An alliance of researchers from member institutions of the SCCL discovers that CD4 T lymphocytes, which usually play a supporting role in fighting cancer cells, also have the power to…
Charting the immune landscape of brain cancers
For more than five years, Johanna Joyce and her team at the University of Lausanne have investigated the microenvironment of the major brain cancers in adults. As a result of…
The Swiss Cancer Center Léman celebrates seven years of growth
The Swiss Cancer Center Léman (SCCL) is a vigorous alliance of the region’s top–notch academic and clinical forces engaged in the fight against cancer. At its board meeting in Gland…
Federating know-how in the fight against cancer
Convened in the inspirational setting of the SwissTech Center of the EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, the 8th SCCL retreat gathered some of the top minds…