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New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

Ars Technica

A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer prevalence and animal body size has tested for the first time in our new study ranging across hundreds of animal species. For example, budgies are notorious among pet owners for being prone to renal cancer despite weighing only 35 g. Read full article Comments

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. I hope it's a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. Let's Raise a Brand!

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City of Hope Completes Acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America

NonProfit PRO

City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a network of oncology hospitals and outpatient care centers across the United States, expanding access to world-class research and cancer care to patients nationally.

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Stanford researchers develop molecule that forces cancer cells to kill themselves

TechSpot

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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Massive Foundation Model for Biomolecular Sciences Now Available via NVIDIA BioNeMo

NVIDIA AI Blog

Unveiled today as the largest publicly available AI model for genomic data, it was built on the NVIDIA DGX Cloud platform in a collaboration led by nonprofit biomedical research organization Arc Institute and Stanford University. Its scientists are focused on disease areas including cancer, immune dysfunction and neurodegeneration.

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Social Media Strategy: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

NetWits

Our social media strategy for nonprofits series continues by taking a look at how the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network ( www.pancan.org ) uses social media to enhance their online efforts. This organization is dedicated to advancing research, supporting patients and creating hope for those affected by pancreatic cancer.

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6 Practical Tips for Promoting Your #GivingTuesday Campaign on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Do some research and find hashtags related to your mission. Other hashtags related to childhood cancer include #findacure, #gogold, #morethan4, #littleheros, etc. Every mission has its social media niche. One example would be #childhoodcancer. What does #morethan4 mean? What about ineffective hashtag usage?