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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. Sounded perfect.

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CERN's particle accelerator tech is being reimagined to blast cancer in under a second

TechSpot

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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How a Romanian medtech startup helped US doctors treat refugee Ukrainian cancer patients

TechCrunch

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 problem Medicai is solving sounds familiar.

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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. Sounded perfect.

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Why Your Nonprofit Needs Peer-to-Peer Fundraising (and How to Use It)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Sounds good, right? 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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5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics

TechImpact

Sounds crazy, right? It could be Earth Day, Women’s Heart Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are a few of those strategies that could help your nonprofit go viral. Promote events that might not be events. Each month your nonprofit should choose an event to promote.

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Pragma Bio is searching for cancer treatments hidden in our microbiome

TechCrunch

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. million seed in 2020 as VastBiome, in case the tech sounds familiar.

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