Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

The scientistswho conduct genetic sampling of endangered salmon to check the species stock status and survivalroutinely work with chemicals that can burn skin, erupt into flames, and cause cancer. At least one said theyd have to delay mission-critical research if hazardous waste removal isnt restored. Read full article Comments

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The researchers' recently published study describes a way to re-activate apoptosis in mutated cells, which would amount to forcing cancer to self-destruct through a bioengineered, bonding molecule. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Many mobile phone users have been concerned about a possible link between the use of these handsets and cancer ever since the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency, classified radio wave exposure as a possible carcinogen to humans in 2011 – they can now stop worrying.

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TechSpot

JULY 9, 2024

The first switch enables engineered cells to outgrow and dominate the rest of the cancer cell population when exposed to a particular drug. The key innovation involves introducing two new "switches." The second switch then unleashes a toxin that kills the now-dominant modified cells along with their unmodified neighbors. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Other hashtags related to childhood cancer include #findacure, #gogold, #morethan4, #littleheros, etc. I for one did not know before writing this post that the childhood cancer community knows the National Cancer Institute only gives less than 4% to research and to cure all types of childhood cancer.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Google plans to train an AI using the open-source platform TensorFlow to detect cancerous cells in photos taken from a microscope. They’ve already started developing the neural networks by using the Google Cloud Healthcare API to de-identify and segment existing datasets. Once the AI is fully trained, they’ll design their.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2023

ImpriMed, a California-based precision medicine startup, builds AI-powered dog cancer treatment technology that helps veterinarians identify the most suitable drugs for individual canine and feline blood cancers.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Canadian Cancer Statistics Report was developed by the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee in collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society, Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, with cancer data provided by the provincial and territorial cancer registries through the Canadian Cancer Registry.

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frontstream

JULY 28, 2023

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to raise awareness and funds for treatment against the leading disease-related killer of children in the US.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Jamie Bearse of ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer shares how his organization developed the ZERO Flywheel method to build and keep a community engaged. Organizations that seek to find growth and success depend on a cause community to carry them.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 15, 2025

Systematic searches for new drugs have shown that marine invertebrates produce more antibiotic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory substances than any group of terrestrial organisms," notes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day — #WOCD23. 16: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 6: Reclaim Social — #ReclaimSocial.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

interim CEO of the American Cancer Society & American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; Joanne Pike, president and CEO of the Alzheimers Association; and, Susannah Schaefer, president and CEO of Smile Train. The recorded session is available here. Frederick, M.D., Technology is in our DNA, said Schaefer of Smile Train.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It gets people to do crazy things like VanHuss signing up for Jujitsu and Courtney Bugler, president and CEO of Zero Prostate Cancer, joining the ballroom dance community, the pair shared in the NonProfit POWER session, “Why the CEO Is the Only One Who Can Build Your Nonprofit Community.”

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TechSpot

JANUARY 23, 2025

While it may not sound like a major leap, this approach offers one big advantage: killing cancerous cells while doing less damage to surrounding healthy tissue. This is believed to occur because healthy tissues can better withstand the rapid dose than cancer cells. Read Entire Article

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Its scientists are focused on disease areas including cancer, immune dysfunction and neurodegeneration. For example, researchers from Stanford and the Arc Institute found that in tests with BRCA1, a gene associated with breast cancer, Evo 2 could predict with 90% accuracy whether previously unrecognized mutations would affect gene function.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 11, 2022

In this episode of The NonProfit Voice, Amanda Cole, editor-in-chief of NonProfit PRO, is joined by Jarrett Collins, president of Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon that benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Artificial intelligence programs that check medical images for evidence of cancer can be duped by hacks and cyberattacks, according to a new study. Researchers demonstrated that a computer program could add or remove evidence of cancer from mammograms, and those changes fooled both an AI tool and human radiologists.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

An innovative new medical startup in Romania helped doctors from three countries collaborate to treat Ukrainian cancer patients made refugees after Russia’s brutal invasion. Romania and Moldova to provide life-saving treatments for displaced Ukrainians with cancer. The “Tumor Board” project was initiated by doctors from the U.S.,

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 12, 2024

More than one-third of U.S. campaigns on GoFundMe highlighted medical financial hardship and health-related social needs, researchers found.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Penn State THON, the largest student-run philanthropy that delivers financial and emotional aid to families affected by childhood cancer, announced that it raised an all-time annual high of $15,006,132.46 following the organization's annual 46-hour dance marathon.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called Facebook a “cancer to democracy” in a tweet on Thursday shortly after the company announced that it was changing its corporate name to Meta to better represent its focus on building the metaverse. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. said Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 9, 2023

Following the Covid-19 vaccine rollouts, BioNTech wants to use the same messenger-ribonucleic-acid technology (mRNA) tech in other therapies, including cancer vaccines. The treatments, tailor-made for an individual, provide immune systems with genetic code from a specific cancer so only the tumor can be targeted.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WPCD20. 19: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 11: Safer Internet Day — #SID20.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Senti Biosciences , a company developing cancer therapies using a new programmable biology platform, said it has raised $105 million in a new round of financing led by the venture arm of life sciences giant Bayer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 8: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Meet NXgenPort , a Saint Paul, Minnesota-based startup that’s looking to remotely monitor cancer patients in between doctor visits using a port catheter. NXgenPort is the brainchild of CEO and co-founder Cathy Skinner, who came up with the idea for the port based on her own experience after her father passed away from cancer 20 years ago.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Brynn Brasington has 4 years of experience leading the largest walkathon fundraiser in the US, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, while serving at The American Cancer Society. Follow these best practices used by development pros all over the world and your event will be geared for success. ? About the Author.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

The V Foundation for Cancer Research in Cary, N.C. announced a major expansion to its partnership with the Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC) during the recent 2024 ESPY Awards show. Additionally, it will investigate how these disparities affect outcomes, and aid in cancer treatment beyond South Florida.

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Microsoft AI

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The most precious resources at Institut Curie are their people, who have devoted years to advanced studies. Copilot for Researcher is an agent that can help them with some of the administrative tasks in their jobs so they have more time to spend on actual new ideas.

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Futurism

APRIL 13, 2025

In the case of Dewald, the judge tore him out for claiming that a medical condition a bout with throat cancer around 25 years ago had left him incapable of addressing the court directly since he already had "verbal conversations with our staff for over 30 minutes." "I I don't appreciate being misled," she added.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2022

For instance, the Prostate Cancer Foundation hosted a great push-up challenge in which participants had to “commit to doing 10 push-ups for every $20 donation received. ” (via the Prostate Cancer Foundation ). ” (via the Prostate Cancer Foundation ).

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 17, 2025

In the early 19th century, Dr. William Coley pioneered a novel approach to cancer treatment with what became known as Coley’s toxins. He… Continue reading on Medium

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Approximately 20 seconds after landing on the website for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance website , a small “Donate” popup slides in featuring a recent donation. For example, the Nature Conservancy uses a maroon top bar to send visitors prompted by TV ads to their monthly giving donation page.

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TechSpot

APRIL 16, 2025

"CT can save lives, but its potential harms are often overlooked," said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, the study's lead author and a UCSF radiologist. Smith-Bindman, who also serves as a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, said there is an urgent need to reconsider current practices. Given the large volume of CT. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

The natural world has produced many of our most important medicines, but instead of looking under a leaf or rock for the next big cancer drug, Pragma Bio is searching within the human body — its swarm of resident microbes, to be precise. Most are benign, a handful malign, but many are beneficial in ways we don’t completely understand.

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