Medical Updates

Congratulations to Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation grantee Dr. Herranz and his team for their recent publication in Blood Cancer Discovery! Their lab has successfully identified a tumor suppressor enhancer region of PTEN in T-cell leukemia. Keep up the great work Dr. Herranz! Read the full paper here. 

Congratulations to 2011 Gabrielle’s Angels Grantee Dr. Benjamin Ebert for being selected to receive the coveted Sjöberg Prize for cancer research. This $1M prize was awarded for Dr. Ebert’s groundbreaking discovery of the mode of action of lenalidomide in the treatment of hematological disorders. The mission of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation has always been to support […]

Congratulations to Dr. Carl June, member of our Medical Advisory Board, for receiving the prestigious Dan David Prize. The Dan David Prize is endowed by the Dan David Foundation, headquartered at Tel Aviv University, which annually awards three prizes of $1 million each to globally inspiring individuals and organizations, honoring outstanding contributions that expand knowledge […]

A new publication out from not one but *two* of our recent grantees, Dr. Ann Mullally and Dr. Sahand Hormoz! Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation directly funded this research and we’re so thrilled to see this progress. Check out the full paper here. 

A fantastic feature on one of Gabrielle’s Angels one-year grantees, Dr. Avery Posey at UPenn. Dr. Posey focuses on optimizing CAR T-cell treatments while decreasing its toxicity. He’s also dedicated to improving access to careers in STEM for students of color and has recently established a pilot program to bring in six students of color […]

Check out this fascinating article from one of our recent grantees, Dr. Sahand Hormoz, which examines the question “When does cancer begin, and when does being healthy stop?” “It increasingly appears that it’s a continuum with no clear boundary, which then raises another question: When should we be looking for cancer?” Hormoz said. We’re proud […]