{"id":17589,"date":"2018-04-20T07:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vermont.salk.edu\/?post_type=disclosure&#038;p=17589"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T23:16:06","slug":"salk-institute-launches-conquering-cancer-initiative","status":"publish","type":"disclosure","link":"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/news-release\/salk-institute-launches-conquering-cancer-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Salk Institute launches Conquering Cancer Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LA JOLLA\u2014On Friday, April 20, 2018, the Salk Institute launched a new initiative called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/science\/research-centers\/salk-cancer-center\/conquering-cancer-initiative\/\">Conquering Cancer<\/a>, to harness specific and emerging scientific strategies to tackle the five deadliest cancers: pancreatic, ovarian, lung, brain (glioblastoma) and triple-negative breast. <\/p>\n<p>The event opened with a panel discussion moderated by Salk Vice Board Chair Marna Whittington and including cancer experts and Salk faculty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/scientist\/ronald-evans\/\">\u7f57\u7eb3\u5fb7\u00b7\u57c3\u6587\u65af<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/scientist\/diana-hargreaves\/\">Diana Hargreaves<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/scientist\/susan-kaech\/\">Susan Kaech<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/scientist\/geoffrey-wahl\/\">Geoffrey Wahl<\/a> and director of the Cancer Center at the Salk Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/scientist\/reuben-shaw\/\">\u9c81\u672c-\u8096<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"\"><div class=\"col-md-12 col-md-push-0\"><div class=\"video-anchor\" id=\"video-kNMffxJ2f7E\"><\/div><div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"> <iframe class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNMffxJ2f7E?rel=0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><!-- .embed-responsive --><\/div><!-- .col-md-*size --><\/div><!-- .\/row -->\n<p>&#8220;The Salk Cancer Center aims to catalyze discovery beyond boundaries, redefining humanity&#8217;s fundamental understanding of cancer,&#8221; says Shaw. &#8220;We will leverage that new knowledge to develop therapeutics that transform how we treat cancer.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The keynote address was delivered to the audience of 300 Salk donors, faculty and supporters by Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 47th Vice President of the United States, who led the White House Cancer Moonshot initiative. That initiative resulted in more than 80 new actions and collaborations from the public and private sectors to speed progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17375\"  class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gage-Natbiotech-press-release.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-17375 size-col-md-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joe-Biden-Salk-Cancer-Initiative-8529-553x369.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph R. Biden <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Joe-Biden-Salk-Cancer-Initiative-8529.jpeg\">Click here<\/a> for a high-resolution image<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Salk Institute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCancer research comes with its own complex mazes to navigate. That\u2019s what this Institute has been so successful at for decades\u2014at taking on the big challenges and delivering new breakthroughs,\u201d said Vice President Biden during his keynote. \u201cSalk is doing that again today with this new cancer initiative\u2014to take some of the toughest-to -treat cancers: brain, ovarian, pancreatic, breast cancer and lung cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salk is uniquely positioned to address cancer, one of humanity&#8217;s greatest challenges, because it is home to one of the first National Cancer Institute (NCI)\u2013designated basic research cancer centers in the United States, established in 1970. This designation recognizes the Institute\u2019s rigor across its laboratory research, scientific discoveries and therapeutic cures. Today, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/science\/research-centers\/salk-cancer-center\/\">Salk Institute Cancer Center<\/a> constitutes half of the total research at the Salk Institute\u201432 faculty members, 199 postdoctoral researchers, 41 graduate students and 101 research assistants.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIn my view, the Salk Institute has chosen the right moment to double down on its investment in taking on this disease and to launch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/zh\/science\/research-centers\/salk-cancer-center\/conquering-cancer-initiative\/\">\u653b\u514b\u764c\u75c7\u5021\u8bae<\/a>\u2014because I believe we have reached an inflection point in the fight against cancer,\u201d said Biden and further spoke about co-chairing\u2014along with his wife, Dr. Jill Biden\u2014the Biden Cancer Initiative, whose mission is to develop and drive implementation of solutions to accelerate progress in cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, research and care, and to reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faculty":[74,90,45,91,311],"disease-research":[46],"class_list":["post-17589","disclosure","type-disclosure","status-publish","hentry","faculty-diana-hargreaves","faculty-geoffrey-wahl","faculty-reuben-shaw","faculty-ronald-evans","faculty-susan-kaech","disease-research-cancer-biology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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