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Salk scientist on personal mission to fight pancreatic cancer

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JRNLclub Seminar: Deconstructing Breast Cancer Using a Developmental Perspective

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Komen San Diego Joins the “The Last Battle” Podcast Series to Discuss the Latest in the Quest to Find a Cure for Breast Cancer

Susan G. Komen, San Diego, Director of Mission and Public Policy, Lizzie Wittig co-hosted “The Last Battle,” a podcast series focused on highlighting community leadership, advocacy, science and therapies in the battle against breast cancer. Host Charles Parisi and Lizzie Wittig were joined by Komen Scholar, Dr. Geoffrey M. Wahl, and Breast Cancer Survivor and Patient Advocate Bianca Kennedy to discuss the latest in the quest to find a cure.

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Salk Scientists Identify Genetic Characteristics of Embryonic Stem Cells Live on KUSI

FaceBook Live with the San Diego Union Tribune

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Pedal the Cause 2015

Geoff Wahl on KUSI

Breast Cancer Can’t stop Research

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

New Technology Spots Better Drug Targets

November 20, 2014
For decades, researchers have struggled to translate basic scientific discoveries about cancer into therapeutics that effectively–and with minimal side effects–shrink a tumor. Read more »

Salk scientists use an old theory to discover new targets in the fight against breast cancer

February 07, 2012
Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people. Their findings provide new ways to predict and personalize the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Read more»