CURE OM Research Grant Recipient Announced
June 14, 2018The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is pleased to announce that Walter Fast, Ph.D. has been selected as the recipient of a one-year MRF CURE OM Pilot Proposal Focused on GNAQ/11 Mutant Uveal Melanoma. Dr. Fast is a Professor and the William I. Dismu …
Congress Proposes $80M in Cancer Research Funding
June 14, 2018Congress Proposes $80 Million for Cancer Research Funding WASHINGTON, DC – On June 13, 2018, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal 2019 Defense Appropriations bill. Included in this legislation is $80 million for the Dep …
#GetNaked: Jackie’s Story
May 10, 2018“While my friends were applying for jobs and graduate school, my doctor told me not to make plans beyond five years.” – Jackie Jackie held her college diploma in one hand and a melanoma diagnosis in the other. While Jackie’s peers were preoccupi …
#GetNaked: Missy’s Story
May 10, 2018“He had just had a full checkup. It changed that suddenly.” – Missy Missy and her husband, Wayne, are no strangers to the spotlight. You can catch their band performing throughout the Washington, DC area. These two are true rock stars—on and off …
#GetNaked: Joe’s Story
May 10, 2018“One month before our wedding, I noticed a lump.” – Joe Joe was a Naval officer on tour in Washington, D.C. Andrée had left Boston behind to take on the nation’s capital herself. The two fell in love and, weeks before the …
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