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2009/2010

Roth’s 'riveting' TED talk now online  (March 17)

Watch the 18-minute lecture that continues to win accolades for the Basic Sciences Division's Dr. Mark Roth and his revolutionary research in suspended animation.

Don Thomas: The spirit of a pioneer  (March 15)

As the father of bone marrow transplantation turns 90, we revisit his legacy that has restored thousands of lives and set the cornerstone for the Hutchinson Center.

Malik receives Vilcek Prize  (March 15)

Dr. Harmit Malik, an evolutionary biologist in the Basic Sciences Division, has received the 2010 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. The honor, which carries a $25,000 prize, recognizes his research on the co-evolution of humans and diseases.

Basic Sciences’ Patel wins Whitney fellowship  (March 15)

Dr. Maulik Patel, a postdoctoral researcher in the Basic Sciences Division’s Malik Lab, has been awarded a prestigious Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Research Fellowship. He joins 20 other young researchers nationwide in receiving the three-year award.

ACS updates prostate cancer screening guidelines  (March 8)

Newly updated prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society reaffirm the recommendation that men should discuss the uncertainties, risks and potential benefits of screening for prostate cancer before deciding whether to be tested.

Common osteoporosis drugs may decrease breast cancer risk  (March 8)

Women who take certain bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis may be at lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study led by Dr. Polly Newcomb, head of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Public Health Sciences Division.

CFO Main named region's top 'financial warrior'  (March 8)

For his skill in navigating the Hutchinson Center through the nation's economic recession and financial crisis, the Puget Sound Business Journal honors Randy Main as the region's Chief Financial Officer of the Year.

Weintraub winners include two from Center  (March 8)

Two researchers from the Basic Sciences Division, including Bungo Akiyoshi and Dr. Maulik Patel, join 11 other graduate students from institutes throughout North America as winners of the 2010 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Awards.

Sage Bionetworks receives $6.7 million grant  (March 1)

SMART study still seeks recruits  (February 22)

Johanna Lampe: Great mentor to many  (February 15)

Racial disparities persist in U.S. advanced cancer rates  (February 15)

Teahen, Dravecky serve inspiration at Hutch Award Luncheon  (February 8)

Funds for lung cancer biomarker research  (February 1)

Symptoms show little value for early ovarian cancer detection  (February 1)

Grants available for Cancer Consortium members  (January 27)

VIDI’s work impacted by Haitian quake  (January 25)

VIDI’s work impacted by Haitian quake  (January 25)

Expanded cord blood cells hold hope for leukemia patients  (January 18)

Lasker Lecture video now online  (January 18)

Early markers of ovarian cancer  (January 11)

Budde granted Leukemia & Lymphoma Society funding  (January 11)

Food and funds for Northwest Harvest  (January 11)

How the SCCA successfully suppressed pandemic flu  (December 21)

Halloran named AAAS Fellow  (December 21)

Targeted breast ultrasound can reduce biopsies for young women  (December 14)

Tewari receives entertainment industry funding  (December 14)

Hutch Holiday Gala raises $8.8 million  (December 9)

Voice of NCI: Center wins $55 million CIS contract  (December 7)

Cancer Surveillance System repeats top quality ranking  (December 7)

Two Center scientists receive new investigator awards  (December 7)

And the 2009 Hutch Award goes to ...  (December 2)

$10 million bolster for immunotherapy research  (November 23)

Encourage others to support Center science: $10 from 10 friends  (November 23)

Estrogen therapy increases breast density  (November 23)

In sickness and in health? For men, maybe not  (November 16)

Hutch Kids holds silent auction Wednesday  (November 16)

A meeting with Jamie Moyer  (November 16)

An economic template for cancer treatment guidelines  (November 9)

Filling the halls of Hutch High  (November 9)

Center presents inaugural Lasker Lecture Nov. 16
 (November 9)

Did you see Pac-10 football’s blue sleeves?  (November 9)

Radiolabeled antibodies, transplant successfully treat advanced leukemia  (November 9)

Can stress-management techniques improve immune function?
 (November 9)

Look for blue sleeves during Saturday football  (November 5)

Evolutionary understanding emerges from genome’s dark matter  (November 2)

$4.8 million grant launches massive proteomics feasibility study  (November 2)

Scientist survey gives Center new honor  (November 2)

Vaughan secures $7.9 million for esophageal cancer research  (November 2)

Mwaka’s mission: A ministry in medicine  (October 27)

Uganda: Why ‘we’re in it for the long haul’  (October 27)

Sports bidders raise big bucks  (October 26)

Pilot grants awarded to Consortium investigators
 (October 19)

Make your bid: Ultimate Sports Auction Oct. 20  (October 19)

Trial gives teens tools to quit smoking  (October 19)

Bernstein, Torok-Storb win $16.7 million for stem cell research  (October 12)

Corey, Longini, Casper discuss swine flu Oct. 14  (October 12)

Peters garners $11.2 million for colorectal research
 (October 12)

Positive pregnancy outcomes for childhood cancer survivors  (October 12)

First TREC conference draws international interest  (October 12)

Poised for executive leadership  (October 5)

Comparative-effectiveness research reaps $16 million  (October 5)

SCCA, ProCure seal deal on proton center  (October 5)

Federal grants channel more than $40 million to Center research
 (October 5)

Tewari wins $3.4 million NIH award  (October 5)

Sexual conflict may play key role in speciation
 (September 28)

Head and neck cancers: Potential to improve outcomes
 (September 28)

Shou nabs New Innovator Award  (September 28)

Mayor helps open SCCA House
 (September 21)

Sweeney visits Hutch School
 (September 21)

Press Lab's Till wins SWOG award  (September 21)

Alcohol, smoking, obesity: Lifestyle links to second breast cancers
 (September 14)

'Nuclear’ singer performs free in Pelton
 (September 14)

Swine flu: Aggressive plan may prevent pandemic
 (September 14)

Shared Resources: 'Essential for success'
 (September 7)

Swim Across America seeks volunteers with boats
 (September 4)

Pushing the boundaries of fertility
 (August 31)

Malik Lab postdoc wins HHMI award
 (August 31)

Sage plants roots at the Center
 (August 31)

Video: Beneficial breast cancer drug has its risks  (August 26)

Cancer survival disparities: Access, economics and more
 (August 24)

Tobias Hohl: Helping the immune system fight fungus
 (August 24)

Lampe student wins poster prize
 (August 24)

Video: Age, the greatest carcinogen
 (August 17)

Computational biologist receives $400,000 award  (August 17)

Q&A: Rewards of mentoring  (August 17)

Register for breast cancer CME
 (August 10)

Celebrity golfers raise green for cancer
 (August 10)

Positive projections for combating TB
 (August 10)

Video: How HIV infects those with healed herpes lesions
 (August 3)

Video: Study links yoga practice with mindful eating
 (August 3)

Latino provider joins SCCA network
 (August 3)

In his own words: Bielas on aging
 (July 27)

New faculty member receives $400,000 award
 (July 27)

Dive in: Swim Across America reaches Seattle this September
 (July 20)

Migraines lower breast cancer risk
 (July 13)

Heavy drinking and prostate health don't mix
 (July 13)

Malik, Peters receive presidential awards
 (July 13)

Paulovich collaborates in biomarker breakthrough
 (July 7)

Shore Run/Walk raises more than $148,600
 (July 6)

Hingorani shares $1.6 million for pancreas-cancer research
 (June 29)

LIVESTRONG Challenge holds first Seattle event
 (June 29)

Video: Experience The Ride to Conquer Cancer
 (June 29)

Athena Partners 'kicks' $21,000 toward breast-cancer research
 (June 22)

Faculty profile: Biostatistics and real world solutions
 (June 22)

Eastside hospital joins SCCA network
 (June 22)

Paddison joins illustrious list of Pew Scholars
 (June 17)

Malik Lab's Bayes wins molecular evolution award
 (June 15)

Center ranks among Web's top Twitterers
 (June 15)

Arnold Guild presents $2.2 million from Hutch Holiday Gala
 (June 15)

Lampe named outstanding student mentor
 (June 15)

Support cancer research by volunteering at the LIVESTRONG Challenge June 21
 (June 15)

Advanced prostate cancer and the age factor
 (June 8)

Bucket-list dream for sale: Zero G flight
 (June 8)

Potentially 'powerful tool' for noninvasive cancer treatment assessment
 (June 1)

Encouraging results for renal-cell cancer trial
 (June 1)

Hop on your bike and Ride to Conquer Cancer
 (June 1)

Shore Run/Walk: A way to give back
 (June 1)

Proteins may predict breast-cancer survival
 (June 1)

Why pancreatic-cancer drugs can fail
 (May 25)

Premier Chefs Dinner guests raise record funds
 (May 25)

A banner year for Shop to Make a Difference
 (May 25)

Learn how to fight fat and lose (weight)
 (May 25)

2009 Prentice Professor presents lecture May 20
 (May 18)

Take steps for cancer research
 (May 18)

Kiem becomes first Thomas Chair recipient  (May 18)

Smith antibiotics study wins Gates grant
 (May 11)

Early lung-cancer detection for nonsmokers
 (May 11)

Cancer-causing virus may increase HIV infection
 (May 11)

Hanash uncovers protein effects of HRT
 (May 4)

Study links birth-control pill to rare breast cancer
 (May 4)

Researchers present colon-cancer findings at AACR meeting
 (April 27)

And the Get Screened! winners are ...
 (April 27)

ISPOR elects Ramsey president
 (April 27)

Study factors activity into cancer survival
 (April 27)

Potter wins AACR award
 (April 20)

Follow the Center on Facebook and other social media
 (April 20)

Chou awarded AACR Fellows Grant
 (April 13)

Groh wins $300,000 for lupus research
 (April 13)

Ride to benefit cancer research
 (April 13)

Tewari wins prostate-research award
 (April 6)

Two Center researchers win Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute awards  (March 30)

Circumcision for HIV prevention  (March 30)

New vaccine may prevent cytomegalovirus infection  (March 23)

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance program reduces infection-caused illnesses  (March 23)

Tailoring treatment for prostate cancer  (March 23)

Continuity and closure: Important for dying patients, doctors  (March 16)

Back to nutrition basics for cancer prevention  (March 16)

Risky wines for women  (March 9)

Dr. Antonio Bedalov wins award for translational research  (March 2)

Focused on survivorship  (February 23)

Dr. Philip Bradley wins Sloan Research Fellowship  (February 23)

Center researchers celebrate microbicide milestone  (February 16)

New breast-imaging best practices published  (February 16)

Multivitamins each day will not keep common cancers away  (February 16)

Dr. Jean Sanders to receive lifetime achievement award  (February 9)

Marijuana and testicular cancer (Sidebar)  (February 9)

Marijuana use may increase testicular-cancer risk  (February 9)

Dr. Gloria Coronado wins leadership honor  (February 2)

Study: Stopping combined hormone therapy slows breast-cancer rates  (February 2)

Red Sox star Jon Lester receives Hutch Award  (January 26)

Dr. Muneesh Tewari wins $450,000 Damon Runyon award  (January 26)

Transplant program is tops in survival outcomes  (January 26)

Safeway's gift: $960,000 for breast cancer research  (January 19)

New edition of transplantation textbook unveiled  (January 19)

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