News StoriesNews Stories by Date2024OctoberPersonalized Cancer Treatment: UH Research Team Awarded R21 Grant to Improve Safety of ImmunotherapyMarchUH Research Team Awarded Pilot Program Grant from HEALTH-RCMIPreventing Breast Cancer in Post-Partum Women2023DecemberBiology Ph.D. Graduate Ritu Bohat Receives Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation AwardNovemberResearcher Tackles Mysterious Z-RNA Structure and Its Potential Connection to DiseasesSeptemberWeiyi Peng on Research Team Developing Sense-and-Respond Cancer Implant TechnologyJulyBiology Major Hadil Elldakli Wins Third Place in Poster Competition at International MeetingJuneMaking Immunotherapy SaferStudy Identifies Potential Treatment Target for Prostate Cancer Resistant to Hormone Therapy2022JulyResearchers Develop Next-Gen Cancer TherapyAprilCNRCS Researcher Develops New Method for Detecting Tumor CellsMarchCNRCS Researchers Aid in Development of Cancer Eradicating Immunotherapy in Mice2021NovemberIdentifying Therapeutic Targets for Aggressive HR-positive Breast CancerJulyBiology and Biochemistry Alum Wins Inaugural Outstanding Dissertation AwardMayPostdoctoral Researcher Jiakai Hou Wins AACR’s Scholar-in-Training AwardAprilCNRCS Researchers Find Connection Between Progesterone Receptor and Cervical Cancer2020NovemberUH Researcher Uses Immunotherapy Expertise to Fight Cancer and Parkinson’s DiseaseJulyCOVID-19 Effort: HP Donates D300e BioPrinter to Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell SignalingJuneShowing Promise: Fighting COVID-192019NovemberContraceptive Drug Shows Promise for Preventing and Regressing Cervical CancerAugustThe Role of a Single Molecule in Obesity2018OctoberFinding Therapeutic Targets to Prevent AtherosclerosisAprilA Focus on Disease: The Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell SignalingMarchResearchers Link Defects in a Nuclear Receptor in the Brain to Autism Spectrum DisordersSumoylation: Protein Modifications in Cancer ProgressionEstrogen Suspected, Examined as Cause of Cervical Cancer2017MayFour CNRCS Faculty Receive Awards from Owens Medical Research Foundation2016SeptemberFrigo Awarded $792K Grant to Support Prostate Cancer ResearchAprilZhang Awarded $3.5 Million in NIH Grants to Develop Cancer TherapyMarchCancer-causing Gene Triggered by Alcohol May Increase Breast Cancer Risk2015OctoberUmetani Wins Bronze in the BeHEARD 2015 Science ChallengeSeptemberNew Prostate Cancer Treatments Could Target MetabolismAugustPromising Target for New Drugs Found in Pancreatic Cancer CellsMarchUH Researchers Find Link Between Flame Retardants and Obesity2014AugustCenter Researchers Target Alternative Sugar Metabolism to Treat Prostate Cancer 2013NovemberClassic Signaling Pathway Holds the Key to Prostate Cancer ProgressionSeptemberCNRCS Researcher Awarded $1.56 Million Grant from NIH for Colon Cancer StudyJuneIn Memoriam: Stefan Andersson, Ph.D.2012DecemberNew Role Identified for Estrogen Receptor-Beta in Breast CancerProstate Cancer Cell Growth Linked to Androgens and AutophagyOctoberCenter Researchers Report Latest Prostate Cancer ResearchAugustContinued Development of Cancer Virotherapy ApplicationsResearchers Investigate Nuclear Receptors in Prevention and Treatment of Parkinson DiseaseJuneCNRCS Investigators Awarded Additional Funding from NIH, DODMayWilliams Lab Publishes Recent Cancer ResearchCenter Researchers Explore Nuclear Receptors in Anxiety DisordersAprilCNRCS Confers Inaugural Ph.D.Center Researchers Identify New Cause of Diabetes InsipidusCNRCS Director Appointed to Board of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of TexasFebruaryEstrogen Receptor Beta Identified as Potential Drug Target for Emotional DisordersCNRCS Study of Uric Acid Stones Published in National Academy JournalJanuaryCNRCS Reports Latest Prostate Cancer Research to National Academy of Sciences2011DecemberCNRCS Professor Featured in Journal of Biological ChemistryNovemberCNRCS to Receive Advanced Imaging Technology for Cancer ResearchOctoberNew Drug Strategies for Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis Examined at UHSeptemberCNRCS Researchers Explain Hormonal Role in Glucose and Fat Metabolism Karolinska Institutet's Grand Silver Medal Awarded to Dr. Jan-Ake Gustafsson AugustCNRCS Researchers Explain Nuclear Receptors for Nature Reviews Cancer JulyCNRCS Researchers Explore Gene Expression as Breast Cancer TreatmentJuneJan-Ake Gustafsson Awarded Honorary Doctorate in FinlandAprilImmunotherapy Expert Shaun Zhang Cited in BloombergMarchCNRCS Researcher Awarded $5.2 Million Grant for Prostate Cancer StudyJanuaryNuclear Receptors Reveal Possible Interventions for Cancer, Obesity2009SeptemberFernstrom Prize Awarded to UH Hormone Researcher