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A new study co-authored by a researcher from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center helps explain why drugs targeting a type of enzyme called PIM kinases, which are known to play an important role in several cancers, have largely failed in clinical trials. The findings also indicate that another approach may be significantly more effective.

The Temple Health community came together at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 for the inaugural Celebration of Temple Health Women. Hosted by Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, the Marjorie Joy Katz Dean, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, this special event honored all the women that power Temple Health’s critical mission, and paid homage to the fellow women who inspire their work.

PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2023) — The Lewis Katz School of Medicine/Fox Chase Cancer Center and Hunter College of the City University of New York have received a five-year, $13.3 million competitive grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to address cancer health disparities.