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Research News at Hollings

Pursuing gene therapy as a novel treatment for cancer

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Gene therapy is being used against diseases like sickle cell and hemophilia. Could it be used against cancer? The Department of Defense’s Lung Cancer Research Program recently awarded John Wrangle, M.D., a grant to pursue his concept of using a gene therapy approach to treat cancer.

“All of human medicine is going toward gene therapy. There are gene-modified humans among us right now. It's not sci-fi. And somebody has to adapt these technologies to cancer,” he said.

Read about the grant

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HPV Vaccine Success

Cervical cancer deaths in women under 25, who were tweens when the HPV vaccine was introduced, have plunged, Hollings researchers show.

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Golgi Stress

New research at Hollings shows how the Golgi body, an organelle within cells, could be a biomarker for T-cell tumor-fighting activity.
cancer and diabetes researcher Leo Ferreira in his lab at Hollings Cancer Center

Tregs to the Rescue

New research shows how Tregs could transform care for type 1 diabetes and eventually cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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Catalyst Award

The American Cancer Society awarded Hollings researcher David Long, Ph.D., a Catalyst grant to study how two proteins' interaction affects genomic instability.

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Tackling Cancer Resistance

Anti-malarial drug shows promise against cancer, but resistance often develops. A Hollings team found out how, setting stage for combination therapies.
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Lung Cancer Screening

Not enough people are aware of lung cancer screening, even though the test can find early-stage, treatable cancer, Hollings researchers find.

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Quitting Smoking after Cancer

Quitting smoking soon after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient's life, a new study finds.

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Identifying Targets

A new study from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center shows how a receptor called PPAR δ helps disable the immune system so that T-cells can’t kill cancer cells.