basic cancer research

(American Association for Cancer Research) This year, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., the immediate past president of the AACR and a recent Nobel laureate, will chair the Second AACR Conference on Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research.

This conference will unite cancer research leaders from across the globe to encourage and strengthen collaborative research efforts.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the cervical cancers in the region, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting.

(American Association for Cancer Research) The American Association for Cancer Research will hold its first conference devoted solely to basic science from Oct. 8-11, 2009, when it gathers for the Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting in Boston.