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This week in New Orleans, Louisiana, tens of thousands of scientists gathered to discuss the latest and greatest in the world of cancer research. Hot topics included cancer metabolism, neoantigens (antigens specific to tumor cells), epigenetic regulators of cancer, microRNAs, and more.
—US Vice President Joe Biden, in his remarks at AACR’s final plenary session “Highlights 2016: Vision for the Future”
—Robert Weinberg, MIT, on receiving the 13th annual AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
—Phillip Sharp, MIT, in his opening comments at an AACR symposium on the roles of noncoding RNAs in cancer
—Carl June, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, in his talk at an AACR session on CAR T-cell therapy
—Craig Thompson, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, during his ...
