New mouse models provide a valuable tool for chordoma drug development
One Friday evening in 2011, just before Halloween, Dr. Byron Hann was alone in his lab at the University of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Featured Researchers
Husband-and-wife team make headway modeling chordoma in zebrafish
Christian Mosimann and Alexa Burger didn’t set out to become chordoma researchers. The Swiss husband-and-wife team were introduced to chordoma … Continue reading
The unsung heroes behind new chordoma models
Benita Valappil, the Clinical Research Director at the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical Center (UPMC), has been helping to advance research … Continue reading
Neurosurgeon seeks to utilize the immune system against chordoma
For the past 10 years, Dr. Michael Lim’s position at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore has required … Continue reading
International leader in chordoma research and treatment seeks recipe for a cure
In Italian, the words for a medical prescription and a cooking recipe are the same: ricetta. So shortly after one … Continue reading
Pathologist pioneers chordoma research through collaboration
Adrienne Flanagan is a pathologist and professor at the University College London Cancer Institute. Her focus was not always on … Continue reading
Neurosurgeon has partnered with CF from the start to develop new and better approaches to chordoma treatment
Dr. Paul Gardner’s goal is to put himself out of business. The neurosurgeon, who directs the Center for Skull Base … Continue reading
Physician-scientist choses career path in chordoma research
Featured Researcher: Youssef Yakkioui, MD/PhD candidate Youssef Yakkioui is fascinated by neurosurgery, and by the biology of tumors. The Dutch … Continue reading
Personalized medicine comes to chordoma
Featured Researcher: Mrinal Gounder Genetic profiling of a patient’s own tumor could open new avenues for treatment with targeted drug therapies … Continue reading
Physician-scientist is using CF grant to develop personalized blood test for chordoma patients
Featured Researcher: Dr. Chetan Bettegowda Because chordoma is such a rare cancer, most doctors-in-training never even come across it during medical … Continue reading