Also: Garraway selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Also: Garraway selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
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  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The Jimmy Fund   Spotlight  
 
May 21, 2015
 
  Lauren Harshman, MD   sugar   Gordon Freeman, PhD  
 
Statin drugs can delay prostate cancer progression
New research suggests that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could be a valuable addition to current therapies for prostate cancer.
 
Does sugar feed cancer?
Take a closer look at the link between sugar and cancer and what steps you can take to use healthy eating as a tool to lower your risk.
 
The science of PD-1 and immunotherapy
Discoveries by Gordon Freeman, PhD, are uncovering cancer’s interactions with the immune system, leading to tests of potential new therapies for patients.
 
 
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Dana-Farber’s Garraway selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Dana-Farber's Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, has been selected as one of 26 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.
 
Levi Garraway, MD, PhD
 
New drug combination extends survival of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
A new drug combination lengthened the lives of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, all of whom had exhausted available standard treatments.
Robert J. Mayer, MD
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