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Renowned cancer researchers
receive $100,000 Taubman Prize
Dr. Brian Druker and Dr. Charles Sawyers pioneered
new treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia
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Taubman Institute holds Sixth Annual Symposium
Event featured the recipients of the $100,000
Taubman Prize.
First two patients at U-M treated in ALS stem cell trial
Patients are safely home after landmark surgery
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Dr. Max Wicha: Why cancer stem cells are the new frontier
The Taubman Institute launched a new Health Science Lecture Series with a talk by Taubman Scholar Dr. Max Wicha, director of the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center and a pioneer in cancer stem cell discovery.
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New Taubman Prize trophy debuts
The new trophy for the Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Research, which was designed in consultation with institute founder Mr. A. Alfred Taubman, was presented at the institute's Oct. 11 symposium. The modern sculpture was created using a novel 3D printing technique.
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Drug cuts risk of bone-marrow transplant side effect
Taubman Emerging Scholar Sung Won Choi, M.D., is the lead author of a new study that finds a new way to help prevent graft-vs-host disease in cancer patients receiving bone-marrow transplants.
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U-M offers new early detection prostate cancer test
Research by Taubman Scholar Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan has let to the development of a new test for prostate cancer that is far more accurate than the standard PSA test, the University of Michigan has announced.
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Is there a link between tonsils and psoriasis?
Trial tested the effect of tonsillectomy on the skin disease
Taubman Emerging Scholar Dr. Johann Gudjonsson and colleagues found that people who had their tonsils removed showed improvment.
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Fall Visiting Professor Lectures schedule
Distinguished guest speakers include experts in lung, muscle and nerve diseases
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Breast cancer clinical trial enrolling patients
Research by Taubman Scholar Dr. Max Wicha into breast cancer stem cells is the basis for a new human clinical trial of the drug Reparixin, which scientists hope will curb the growth of the tumor-fueling cells.
Discovery-driven research that matters
Taubman Scholar Dr. Charles Burant tests promising diabetes drugTAK-875, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes, improves blood sugar control and is equally effective as glimepiride, but has a significantly lower risk of creating a dangerous drop in blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, according to a new study. |
Taubman Institute leaders make the case for more doctor-scientist funding
The prestigious "Academic Medicine" journal has just published a new article authored by Taubman Institute senior management and Detroit-area attorney Scott Roberts. The article explores the problematic gap between bench research and clinical application of new treatments or cures. |
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About Taubman Institute Video
In this video feature, Taubman Scholars explain why funding for high-risk research is so important to their work and to the discovery of promising cures and treatments.
Stem cell surgery targets ALS Video
Patients glean hope from trial’s progress but wish it were faster
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Emerging Scholars program connects promising M.D.-researchers with philanthropists
