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Awards & Recognitions: September 2024

September 27, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe Receive Hamburg Award

September 26, 2024

National Academy of Medicine award recognizes contributions to cancer immunotherapy

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Overriding Tumors’ Genetic Changes to Fight Cancer

September 19, 2024

Study illuminates immune-evading mechanism, suggests how to turn the tables

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Training Inventors of Future Medicines

September 6, 2024

New educational opportunities immerse HMS students in drug discovery and development

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A New Artificial Intelligence Tool for Cancer

September 4, 2024

ChatGPT-like AI model can diagnose, guide treatment, predict survival for multiple cancer types

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Awards & Recognitions: July 2024

August 5, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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New Strategy for Preventing Relapse After CAR T-Cell Therapy

August 2, 2024

Booster treatment improved long-term immune therapy success in models of multiple myeloma

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2024 Warren Alpert Prize Honors Four Pioneers in CAR T-Cell Therapy

June 11, 2024

Lab-made immune cells offer a lifeline for patients with blood cancers

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To Heal the Patient, Get to Know the Person

April 30, 2024

For master’s graduate Arcita Pramudita, empathy is key to excellence

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Seeing the Human Behind the Data

April 30, 2024

Graduating physician-scientist Deborah Plana combines passion for analysis, improving patient care

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The Joy and Responsibility of Serving Humanity

April 15, 2024

Master’s students and alumni share research, personal experiences at 10th annual symposium

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When Will Patients See Personalized Cancer Vaccines?

April 12, 2024

Sooner than you may think, says researcher who recently won $1 million prize for contributions to…

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