To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funds to pursue innovative cancer research.
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- What is Cancer?
- A Broken Pipeline?
A Generation of Science at Risk
- ARISE Report
Early Career Scientists and High-Risk, High Reward Research - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Why We’re Losing the War on Cancer (And How To Win It)
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November 19, 2008
The American Cancer Society announced the recipients of its highest honor, the Medal of Honor. This year's winners are: The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts, for Cancer Control; Mina J. Bissell, PhD, for Basic Research; Susan Band Horwitz, PhD (Former Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Mentor) of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, for Clinical Research; and Jon M. Huntsman for Cancer Philanthropy. All are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to the fight against cancer.