Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Jeevisha Baja, Ph.D. By Leslie Orr Sep. 30, 2020 Despite humble beginnings, today, Jeevisha Bajaj, Ph.D., uses some of the most sophisticated tools – including CRISPR technology – to study blood cancers.
Research Researchers Find New Leukemia Genes using CRISPR Technology By URMC Communications Apr. 20, 2020 Using the most advanced tools available, scientists discovered several novel genes not known to be involved in blood cancers, and used the powerful new data to paint a clearer map for how ...
Education Wilmot Cancer Research Fellowship Supports ‘Trajectory of Learning’ By URMC Communications Jan. 30, 2020 Wilmot's support for education continues beyond formal medical and scientific training to professional development for faculty and staff. A special mechanism is devoted to this kind of ongoing ...
Patient Care CLL Wonder Drug has a Downside: Weight Gain By Leslie Orr Nov. 18, 2019 The drug ibrutinib is a highly effective treatment for people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but a new Wilmot Cancer Institute study shows that weight gain, as a drug side effect, should be ...
Patient Care Researchers Aim to Keep Blood Healthier, Less Prone to Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 21, 2019 As the body ages so does the blood, raising the risk of leukemia and other blood cancers. A recent Wilmot Cancer Institute discovery showed a new way in which blood degrades when inflammation ...
Patient Care Watch for Wilmot during 2019 Super Bowl By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jan. 31, 2019 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will be featured in a commercial that will air during the 2019 Super Bowl, which starts at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3. The ad highlights several key facts about ...
Patient Care Lower Doses, at Home. Is This the Future of CLL Treatment? By Leslie Orr Dec. 12, 2018 Wilmot Cancer Institute research shows that giving antibody therapy more often but at lower doses — and perhaps teaching patients how to inject themselves at home — could be a future option for ...
Research Delving Where Few Others Have Gone, Leukemia Researchers Open New Path By Leslie Orr Oct. 15, 2018 A Wilmot Cancer Institute study uncovers how a single gene could be at fault in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one of the deadliest cancers. The breakthrough gives researchers renewed hope that a ...
Research Melanoma Linked with CLL, Wilmot Recommends Close Monitoring By Leslie Orr Aug. 13, 2018 While studying a large group of individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a Wilmot Cancer Institute scientific team made an important discovery — these patients had a sizable 600 percent ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Helps Genesee County Family Embrace Heart of Holidays By Leslie White Dec. 21, 2017 Carrie Thornley Fisher was in heart failure near the end of her second pregnancy. After giving birth to a healthy boy, the 32-year-old spent nearly two months on life-saving mechanical support until ...
