Most Tumors in Snakes are Cancerous

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This study, A Multi-Institutional Collaboration to Understand Neoplasia, Treatment and Survival of Snakes, is just published in the journal Animals (January 21 2022).  Although snakes seem to have more tumors than other species of reptiles studied, nothing much is...

Why Some Species of Animals Get More Cancer Than Others – Exciting new paper!

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Writing in the journal Nature in a paper titled Cancer Risk Across Mammals, ACE researchers and their collaborators discuss why cancer rates are higher in some species than others.  It seems to have a lot to do with diet, with meat eaters having more cancer than...

Congratulations to Daniel Chavez!

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Daniel is a post-doctoral researcher with ACE and he has just won a Carol and Jim Patton Award for Outstanding Latin American Graduate Student of Mammalogy Award from the American Society of Mammologists!  Well done Daniel!

Spatial Structure Governs the Mode of Tumour Evolution

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Knowing how tumors evolve would be very useful to clinicians trying to predict the spread of cancer and the likely success of different therapies.  New mathematical models developed by Robert Noble and his colleagues should help.  In this major research paper...

Another Big Win for Artwork

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‘In Search of Chemozoa’ has received the Best Film 2021 Award @SigmaXiSociety STEM Art and Film Festival. Sigma Xi is one of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world.  Congratulations to Vicky Isley and Paul Smith aka boredomresearch!  This win...

Recruiting Undergraduate Research Students

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The Arizona Cancer Evolution Center (ACE) is excited to recruit undergraduate students  to its ACE Scholars research program for Spring 2022.   Motivated undergraduates from a diverse set of backgrounds and skill sets who would like to pursue research projects at the...