Publications

A Prize-Winning Question

During the late 1970s, many scientists were researching how proteins are made within cells. Hershko took a different approach. He began to study the other end of the protein’s life cycle—degradation, the process through which cells mark proteins for destruction, then destroy and dispose of them.

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Fox Chase Born of Merger

After several years of planning, the American Oncologic Hospital and the Institute for Cancer Research merged in late 1974 and became one of the country’s first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers: Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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Co-inventor of Hepatitis B Vaccine Dies

Irving Millman’s Hepatitis B screening test led to a 25-percent reduction in the risk of contracting hepatitis B from blood transfusions. For these accomplishments, the scientist was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 1993.

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Science at Sea: Early Outpost Looked to Marine Life for Clues to Cancer Growth

In Fox Chase’s formative years, the researchers who helped chart the Center’s scientific course reached far beyond Philadelphia to start a tradition of pioneering investigation into cancer’s origins. Perched on a bluff overlooking the Cape Cod Bay, the Marine Experimental Station had a mission: to investigate the biological basis of cancer.

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Anna Gray to the Rescue

While Anna Gray’s knack for fundraising earned her accolades, her efforts to educate the masses about cancer at a time when it bordered on being a dirty word were just as important. She pioneered the auxiliary’s tradition of hosting annual cancer forums, groundbreaking public events that focused on scientific breakthroughs and encouraged early detection and treatment.

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