Rethinking how we view and manage cancer – new book
Published by Princeton University Press, March 2020 When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell...
Cancer in African Wildlife
Just before Covid-19 struck and the world changed, 5 members of ACE flew to Nairobi to spend 10 days working with their collaborators from the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the world-renowned Institute for Primate Research (IPR). Tara Harrison, Valerie Harris, Amy...
New ACE Undergrads
Welcome to our new ACE Interns and all the other undergraduate students who are working on our projects. We love having you with us! It’s great just how many students have joined ACE – we have 11 formal interns and many more obtaining course credits. They...
Evolutionary Research to Treat Cancer Patients Reported in Wall Street Journal
Research by ACE members, Carlo Maley and Athena Aktipis, is the focus of a story in the Wall Street Journal. The article describes how adaptive therapy (not attempting to wipe out all cancer cells but to hold them at bay) is about to be trialed on metastatic breast...
ACE Holds First Bootcamp
We’ve just held our first week-long boot camp to demonstrate the research methods used by ACE. 16 attendees (mostly post-grads and post-docs) came to Arizona State University from across Europe and the US. Mornings were spent in tutorials by members of...
