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February 6, 2020

Purdue-discovered ‘fluorescent markers’ to illuminate cancer, improve outcomes, receives FDA fast track as Phase 3 clinical trials begin

Intraoperative molecular imaging used to illuminate and target non-small-cell lung cancer shows improved outcomes for 26% of patients in multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial.

January 24, 2020

Dr. Andrew Mesecar, Deputy Director of the Purdue Center for Cancer Research, is Working with Global Scientists in the Race Against the Coronavirus

The genome was posted on a Friday night on an open-access repository for genetic information. By Saturday morning, Andrew Mesecar, a professor of cancer structural biology at Purdue University, had redirected his laboratory to start analyzing the DNA sequence.

January 16, 2020

Pair of Purdue students continuing legacy of Tyler Trent in supporting cancer research, innovations

A pair of Purdue University students who have personal connections to cancer will help carry on the legacy of Tyler Trent, a Purdue graduate and superfan who died from a rare type of bone cancer.

January 14, 2020

A technology devised to help reduce injection pain, swelling from some best-selling drugs

Purdue University researchers have developed technology to help drug manufacturers create new formulations and injection devices of medications to reduce the pain and discomfort.

December 19, 2019

This ‘lemon’ could help machine learning create better drugs

Purdue University drug discovery researchers have created a new framework for mining data for training machine learning models.

December 12, 2019

Chemistry Professor Gaurav Chopra wins multiple ASPIRE Awards

Gaurav Chopra, assistant professor of analytical and physical chemistry, has been selected as a dual winner of the 2018 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences’ ASPIRE Design Challenge.

December 2, 2019

An engineering approach to reduce the pain of chemotherapy

Purdue University researchers are taking a closer look at the painful side effects from some chemotherapy treatments.

November 13, 2019

Could Anthrax Help Fight Bladder Cancer?

Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a way to combine the anthrax toxin with a growth factor to kill bladder cancer cells and tumors.

November 11, 2019

Getting cancer drugs to the brain is difficult – but a new ‘road map’ might make it easier

Tiffany Lyle, assistant professor of veterinary anatomic pathology at Purdue University, led research that has provided the first comprehensive characterization of both the blood-brain and blood-tumor barriers in brain metastases of lung cancer, which will serve as a road map for treatment development.

November 10, 2019

Purdue University Chemistry Professor Creates Device to Combat Cancer Drug Cost

A Purdue University professor is working to resolve the issue of cancer drug shortages. This could mean more money in the pocket for cancer patients and their families.