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- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
proceeds from research specific to sarcoma—the disease Jen fought—to all rare cancers. The significance of that selfless shift was seismic. By loosening the link between Cycle for Survival and their own circumstances, the Linns gave... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Breath of Life
Green: Participating in the stem-cell revolution. Courtesy David Green It was the kind of medical miracle that experts say will one day be commonplace. In June, an artificial trachea (windpipe), infused with a tracheal cancer patient’s... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- News
Getting Personal With Precision Medicine
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
attention of the CEO of Pfizer (which had unsuccessfully tried to develop suramin for cancer in the 1980s) to help him locate 14 boxes of relevant research data in a warehouse in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 13 Jul 2023
- News
The Network Effect
between the two companies. In March 2021, Model was a part of the Agios team that finalized the sale of the biotech’s oncology portfolio to international pharmaceutical company Servier. For Agios, the sale was part of a pivot from cancer... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
really are shooting for zero defects, but if you don't have some failures, you're probably not taking enough risk." When asked to share his proudest achievement, Kennedy looks instead to the career of his wife, Karen, who enrolled in medical school at the age of 37 and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thai Lee, MBA 1985
hospice care, but Lee refused to give up. Researching treatment options, she found doctors at Johns Hopkins who performed complicated surgeries. Today, Margaret is cancer-free, and much of Lee's philanthropy focuses on improving outcomes... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Pedal Mettle
would never again do competitive sports. But inspired by Lance Armstrong (who took part in various stages of the Tour of Hope) and by a growing body of research that says fitness may reduce cancer recurrence... View Details
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
and accuracy and making screening more accessible to poor and under-served groups. Our efforts started a movement that vastly escalated breast cancer research funding, and gave patients and survivors a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
It was a milestone to celebrate: Earlier this year, designations from FDA and European Union regulators moved researchers at the Boston-based startup Akouos, Inc., a step closer to producing the first-ever therapy for gene-mediated... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 24 Jan 2025
- News
The Network Effect
facilitate a $131.8 non-equity funding deal between the two companies. In March 2021, Model was a part of the Agios team that finalized the sale of the biotech’s oncology portfolio. For Agios, the sale was part of a pivot from cancer... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
my eyes. My mother happened to be in the room with me at the time. My mother had herself been diagnosed with early onset breast cancer in her 30s. And when I got off the phone I just looked at her and I told her, “It's cancer.” And I just... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Lassiter, whose research focuses on developing carbon-neutral energy supplies, efforts to produce algal crude cheaply and efficiently have met with nothing but failure. The reason: basic biology. One can easily persuade algae to produce... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
research into cancers that specifically affect children, adolescents, and young adults. Crowe attributes that success to attending the SPNM program. “Her experience exemplifies the impact that the Club’s SEI... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
will climb Mt. Fuji along with medical, research, and public-policy personnel in a venture sponsored by the Breast Cancer Fund of San Francisco. The climb has been organized to raise awareness and funds for breast View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders
the Clare Marie Doris Doctoral Fellowship Fund to provide financial aid for HBS doctoral students. The fund is named in honor of their first daughter, who died at 16 months from a rare pediatric liver disease. California-based Doris and... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
it began building what is now the Breast Cancer Foundation National Register, which tracks breast cancer diagnoses, treatment, and outcomes. The confidential database is a resource for clinical View Details