SPOKANE – A senior in nursing has won first place in a video contest held by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to promote the importance of colorectal-cancer screening. Zach Smith, president of the student nursing association, will receive $2,500. His video “Your Choice” will be featured in a public service […]
SPOKANE – As part of the expanding focus on health sciences at WSU Spokane, Weihang Chai, recently joined the research faculty of WWAMI Spokane — the university’s medical education program—as an assistant professor. Chai comes to WSU Spokane from Texas Woman’s University, where she was an honored research fellow and assistant professor of biology. […]
PULLMAN – “Has it spread?” That has been one of the questions cancer patients most fear to ask—and one their doctors find most difficult to answer. It can be very hard to tell whether cancerous cells have spread from a tumor into other tissues; and once a cancer spreads from its original site, the […]
Bowling for a Cure, which raises funds for the WSU Cancer Prevention & Research Center (CPRC), will be happening Dec. 2, but to participate people must register by Nov. 2. The event is designed for the community and costs $10 a participant. This fee includes one game of bowling and a t-shirt. Teams of six […]
According to breastcancer.org, every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Want to know more? Get informed about breast cancer by attending a breast cancer awareness class with University Recreation. Learn about breast cancer and the proper screening for breast cancer through […]
PULLMAN – What do earnest, highly competitive graduate students do in their spare time? For some in the School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), kicking back means organizing a fun — and highly competitive — Relay for Life team. Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraising event. It brings in more than […]
In a world of multimillion dollar grants for cancer research, the $75,000 that Assistant Professor John Wyrick received from the Fraternal Order of Eagles seems small. However, the impact on his career, and the careers of his students, could be substantial.“This grant will jumpstart my research into a more applied area of cancer biology,” he […]
After working nearly 20 years in a poultry processing plant, Tonia Gibson was up to the challenge of returning to college to pursue an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, even though it meant a move to Pullman with two teenage sons to support.But Gibson, who earned that degree in 2004, is now facing a more […]
PULLMAN – Washington State University and Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc., have entered a commercial licensing agreement covering patent rights and biological materials for use of plant cell cultures in the production of paclitaxel and other valuable taxane products used in cancer treatments.The rights granted by the WSU Research Foundation under the this commercial license are related […]
Washington State University alumnaes and breast cancer survivors Lisa Mehring and Jennifer Pederson will speak on their experience with breast cancer at the Oct. 27 Ribbon of Light observance on Glenn Terrell Mall.The 6 p.m. ceremony will celebrate breast cancer survivors and remember those lost as part of breast cancer awareness month. The event is […]