Dr. Rakesh Singal, Assoc. Prof. of medicine and member of the Prostate, Bladder and Kidney Cancers Site Disease Group at Sylvester, has published a study in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research. He uncovered a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancer. His research has already led to a clinical trial that is underway at Sylvester. WCA awarded Dr. Singal a $50,000 grant in 2008.

Dr. David I. Sandberg, Ass’t. Prof. of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, who received a WCA grant in 2007, has published his research on “4th Ventricle Chemo”.

Drs. Guy Leclerc, Caihong Mou, Gilles Leclerc, Abdul Mian and Julio C. Barredo of UM’s Dept. of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Sylvester will present their research findings, supported in part by a WCA grant which was acknowledged in their abstract, at a national conference in April. They examined implications for Combination Therapies in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.