Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy highlights need for advances in cancer prevention
May 22, 2013
Angelina Jolie's announcement that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer highlights the need for more cancer prevention options, according to a Purdue University breast-cancer expert.
Read Full Story8th CCE Retreat
March 28, 2013
8th CCE Retreat April 30th, 2013 8:30am-2pm
Read Full StoryDr. Cleary "Impact of Body Weight and Adipokines on Mammary Tumorigenesis" Seminar - March 25
March 25, 2013
Dr. Margot Cleary, PhD, Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Minnesota will present on March 25, 2013 at 11 a.m., STEW 306.
Read Full StoryPurdue's growing drug development focus to strengthen Indiana CTSI
March 13, 2013
When the National Institutes of Health created the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, which houses the Clinical and Translational Sciences Award program that supports the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, NIH D
Read Full StoryPurdue scientist studies DNA repair; hopes to improve breast cancer treatment
January 15, 2013
A Purdue University scientist is studying the way cells repair damaged DNA in the hopes of making cancer cells more susceptible to treatment and normal tissue better able to withstand it.
Read Full StoryStephen Hursting's Seminar and Poster Session
December 7, 2012
The INP and Obesity and Cancer Discovery Group are hosting Stephen Hursting, Professor and Department Chair for Nutrition Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, on December 7 at 10:30 a.m. in STEW 214 and a poster session from 1-3 p.m. in STE
Read Full Story'50/50' screenwriter Will Reiser to speak at Purdue Cancer Culture & Community symposium
October 12, 2012
Award-winning screenwriter Will Reiser, whose 2011 comedy-drama film "50/50" won acclaim for its portrayal of a 27-year-old battling cancer, is the keynote speaker Nov. 8 for Purdue University's Cancer Culture & Community Colloquium.
Read Full StoryPurdue breast cancer prevention symposium to draw researchers from 15 countries
October 10, 2012
A global symposium at Purdue will join the research worlds of public health, medicine and advocacy with research scientists in biology, engineering, nanotechnology and nutrition to discuss models for primary prevention of breast cancer.
Read Full StoryGary Stoner to speak November 2 in STEW 218 at 10:30am
October 4, 2012
Gary Stoner, Professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine at Wisconsin, will be the speaker at the November 2 retreat.
Read Full StoryFaculty fellow at DLRC focuses on distance learning in cancer, chronic disease prevention
September 18, 2012
The Discovery Learning Research Center is partnering with a Purdue University basic medical sciences professor to advance a research project for interdisciplinary and distance learning based on the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Read Full StoryPurdue, IU Health Arnett launch colorectal cancer research partnership
September 13, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University and Indiana University Health Arnett on Wednesday (Sept. 12) announced a joint clinical research study on colorectal cancer, focused on broadening participation from patients in more rural parts of the state.
Read Full StoryPurdue, IU Health Arnett launch colorectal cancer research partnership
September 12, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University and Indiana University Health Arnett on Wednesday (Sept. 12) announced a joint clinical research study on colorectal cancer, focused on broadening participation from patients in more rural parts of the state.
Read Full StorySpectroscopic imaging reveals early changes leading to breast tumors
June 1, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and to study ways of preven
Read Full StoryPurdue researchers awarded $1 million for epigenetics
May 3, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University scientists will use a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop technologies for altering the epigenetic marks in the genome that turn genes on and off, work they hope will lead to advances in
Read Full StoryPurdue, IU Health Arnett plan outreach, training sessions for cancer research advocates
April 13, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Oncological Sciences Center is partnering with Indiana University Health Arnett in Lafayette to offer training sessions beginning this week for launching a local network of medical research advocates.
Read Full StorySpectroscopic imaging reveals early changes leading to breast tumors
March 7, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have created a new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue, representing a potential tool to determine a woman's risk of developing breast cancer and to study ways of preven
Read Full Story7th Annual CCE Retreat - May 29, 2012
January 24, 2012
7th CCE Retreat May 29th, 2012 8:30am-2pm IUPUI Campus Center 420 University Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46202
Read Full StoryPurdue professors to advance breast cancer research partnership through trip to Ghana
January 11, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue professors Sophie A. Lelievre and Ellen Gruenbaum will travel to Africa this month to meet with officials of Peace and Love Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, and outline ways to advance a partnership on breast cancer research
Read Full StoryPurdue, IU awarded $500,000 NIH grant to launch cancer community engagement project
October 27, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Oncological Sciences Center and Indiana University will share a National Institutes of Health grant to launch a cancer advocacy network and advance research for applying systems-engineering principles to can
Read Full StoryREGISTER to Attend - October 29 informational meeting for the PU and IU's new study!
September 29, 2011
The Oct 29 meeting is to learn about the Cancer Care Engineering (CCE) Project, a study seeking to detect colon cancer earlier and treat it more effectively.
Read Full StoryIndiana CTSI provides $500,000 to support cancer research at IU, Purdue
September 13, 2011
Using additional grant support received from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Award of the National Institutes of Health, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute will provide $500,000 to expand the fight against colorectal ca
Read Full StoryCancer Culture & Community celebrates release of 'Lafayette: Our Cancer Year'
August 26, 2011
Purdue University's Cancer Culture & Community program in Discovery Park will celebrate the release of the graphic novel "Lafayette: Our Cancer Year" with a reception and free book signing from 4-6 p.m. Friday (Aug. 26) at BlueMoon Comics in Lafayett
Read Full StoryNanopolymer tests effectiveness of cancer drugs
March 29, 2011
After being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer about four years ago, Andrew Ehrmann decided not to surrender hope. So he is participating in his second clinical trial to test experimental drugs that might stave off his incurable disease
Read Full StoryThe Department of Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) looking for Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
February 14, 2011
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology The Department of Basic Medical Sciences (BMS), Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine (PVM) invites applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track assistant professor of pharmacology. Candida
Read Full StoryPurdue team creates 'engineered organ' model for breast cancer research
January 20, 2011
Purdue University researchers have reproduced portions of the female breast in a tiny slide-sized model dubbed "breast on-a-chip" that will be used to test nanomedical approaches for the detection and treatment of breast cancer.
Read Full StorySignaling a call for personalized medicine: how cancer can help drive revolution
November 4, 2010
The age of personalized medicine has arrived. One day soon, a person's genetic makeup may be able to help doctors better detect some cancers and prescribe individual, more affordable treatments, broadening the horizon for personalized medicine. “I
Read Full StoryInternational team launches 20-year breast cancer, nutrition project
October 1, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Experts know nutrition is a common link in breast cancer, and a team led by Purdue University researchers is kicking off a 20-year, multi-nation study to learn more about the role diet can play to prevent this disease.
Read Full StoryBreast cancer prevention, nutrition focus of research symposium
October 1, 2010
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Breast cancer prevention and nutrition will be the focus during an Oct. 18 and 19 symposium at Purdue University.
Read Full StoryPurdue develops new medication delivery system
September 14, 2010
Babak Ziaie talks about a new type of pump for patches that will deliver medications through microneedles.
Read Full StoryCCE 5th Annual Retreat
May 17, 2010
May 26, 2010 8:30am-2pm University Place Converence Center-IUPUI Campus 850 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN
Read Full StoryPurdue symposium to focus on the membrane biology of cancer
April 29, 2010
A three-day conference that will bring national and international cancer scholars to the Purdue University campus is planned next week to highlight research advances and techniques in understanding cell membrane biology as it relates to cancer. The
Read Full StorySymposium on the Membrane Biology of Cancer
April 16, 2010
The symposium will begin on Thursday, May 6 at 7pm in Pfendler Auditorium through Saturday, May 8 at noon.
Read Full StoryBest-selling author to give reading, talk at Cancer Culture & Community Colloquium
February 18, 2010
Through the new book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," award-winning medical writer Rebecca Skloot chronicles the life of a 31-year-old African-American mother of five who died of cervical cancer nearly 60 years ago. Skloot will present Lacks
Read Full StoryFunding for undergraduates to work in your laboratory on a research project is available!
February 15, 2010
As part of the NCI-funded Cancer Prevention Internship Program (CPIP), research projects focused on cancer prevention are being solicited from faculty and staff for undergraduate students to participate in a 12-month research experience. CPIP will p
Read Full Story$1 million Walther Cancer Foundation grant to fund Purdue-IU collaboration
February 10, 2010
Purdue's Oncological Sciences Center and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center will share a five-year, $1 million grant from the Walther Cancer Foundation to exchange medical fellows, engineers and scientists for advancing cancer
Read Full StoryWalther Oncology Physical Sciences & Engineering Workshop January 30
December 9, 2009
Workshop: January 30, 2010 at the IU School of Medicine (Walther Hall, 980 W. Walnut Street)
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December 9, 2009
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Read Full StoryProfessor researches breast cancer prevention
October 21, 2009
The research of understanding how phenotypically normal breast epithelial structures develop into tumors is lead by Sophie Leliévre, doctor of veterinary medicine and associate professor of basic medical sciences in the School of Veterinary Me
Read Full StoryTechnology to detect, treat breast cancer is evolving, improving say researchers, experts
October 15, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Although breast cancer remains one of the most-often diagnosed cancers in women each year, methods to improve the detection and elimination of cancerous cells are being discovered, developed and tested each day around the world
Read Full StoryTwinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
July 21, 2009
Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging.
Read Full StoryPurdue researchers create prostate cancer 'homing device' for drug delivery
July 6, 2009
A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease.
Read Full StoryResearch May Reduce Cancer in Dogs
March 30, 2009
Purdue professors are working on reducing or eliminating a deadly form of cancer found in dogs.
Read Full StoryNanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells
March 9, 2009
A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.
Read Full StoryPurdue Technology on CSI: Miami
February 9, 2009
Fingerprint analysis tool featured on hit show
Read Full StoryUnderstanding the Basis for Breast Cancer by Studying the Normal Mammary Gland
February 8, 2009
Research into the normal development of the human breast, as well as the initiation and progression of breast cancer, would greatly benefit from better animal models that are more closely related to human physiology. Mice are, currently, the most wid
Read Full StoryExpanding cell girth indicates seriousness of breast cancer
February 1, 2009
How fat cells become after being exposed to a specialized electrical field is helping researchers determine whether cells are normal, cancerous or a stage of cancer already invading other parts of the body.
Read Full StoryFrom discovery to delivery: Purdue, alumni establish fund to help entrepreneurs move university disc
February 1, 2009
Purdue University leads the Big Ten in moving its discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace, and with a new program and support of Purdue alumni, it stands to do even better.
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About Oncological Sciences
The mission of the Oncological Sciences Center is to seek new opportunites, forge new partnerships, and nurture new relationships to advance cancer research beyond the laboratory.
Partners
- Horizon Oncology
- Indiana Biobank
- Indiana CTSI
- Indiana University Simon Cancer Center
- IU Health Arnett
- MD Anderson
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
- Regenstrief Foundation
- Research Advocacy Network
- University of Notre Dame
- Walther Cancer Foundation
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Oncological Sciences Center
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
1201 W. State Street, Room 120
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- oncologicalsciences@purdue.edu
- Phone: 765.494.4674