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Sisterly bond: Three Engeviks having fun collaborating, studying the gut

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Growing up in a rural area in a time before smartphones, the three Engevik girls were each other’s best playmates. As they got older and pursued degrees and careers in research, their bond remained strong.

Now, all three are back together at MUSC as assistant professors. The sisters have chosen different lines of gastrointestinal research and collaborate on how their findings can be applied to cancer.

Read their story

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Brain Cancer Care

As home to the state's only neuro-oncologists, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center can offer the latest care options and clinical trials to people with brain tumors.

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Governor's Honor

Dr. Jennifer Dahne's focus on making behavioral health interventions accessible to more people has been recognized with a governor's award.

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LOWVELO Funds in Action

LOWVELO funds are enabling Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D., to pursue his ideas to bring cellular therapy to solid tumors for cancer treatment.

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Evaluating Novel Therapy

Hollings enrolled the first patient in a clinical trial of a new type of drug, a bifunctional antibody, for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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Lynch Syndrome

A simple test to learn about his ancestry uncovered an unexpected syndrome that increases the risk of cancer.

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Performing for a Cause

15 years after a terminal diagnosis, Nathan Calhoun is alive thanks to a clinical trial. It's why he performed at LOWVELO in 2024.

Gene Therapy for Cancer

Gene therapy is being used against diseases like sickle cell and hemophilia. Could it be used against cancer?

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Five-year Milestone

Now more than five years out from colorectal cancer surgery, Lara Lambert is reminding everyone of the importance of screening.

Magnet Nursing

MUSC Health-Charleston has achieved its third consecutive Magnet nursing designation by the ANCC.

Featured video

Members of the Hollings head and neck cancer team discuss the benefits of the "Jaw in a Day" procedure, which enables patients to wake up with a full set of teeth after surgery to transplant their jawbone. For cancer patients, this is a process that used to take six months to a year.

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