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Cancer Vaccine Institute News


Developing vaccines for cancer and COVID-19
Check out this American Cancer Society Theory Lab podcast featuring the CVI's fearless leader, Dr. Nora Disis.
Liliana Gutierrez
Apr 16, 2020


How I Became a Physician-Scientist
Dr. Nora Disis, CVI Director, discusses her career path as a physician-scientist with ASCO Connection
Liliana Gutierrez
Sep 19, 2019


The Importance of Clinical Trials
Dr. Disis discusses the importance of clinical trials with Seattle's KOMO 4 News. Read the more here.
Liliana Gutierrez
Sep 17, 2019


Personalized Cancer Vaccines in Clinical Trials
Personalized cancer vaccines in clinical trials article in The Scientist (July 2019)
Liliana Gutierrez
Jul 15, 2019


Vaccines to End Cancer
Dr Nora Disis talks to Teresa Lukens of PBS about groundbreaking work being done at the University of Washington Medicine Cancer Vaccine Ins
Liliana Gutierrez
Oct 18, 2018


UW Medicine working to develop new breast cancer vaccine
KIRO7 News story on UW Medicine working to develop new breast cancer vaccine (Apr 2018)
Liliana Gutierrez
Apr 18, 2018


A new, personalized vaccine is targeting the deadliest cancers in America
CNBC piece on cancer immunotherapy (Apr 2018).
Liliana Gutierrez
Apr 18, 2018


Killing Cancer - Vaccines are on the way to help battle the disease and prevent relapses
The Inlander (Spokane) interviews Dr. Disis on how vaccines are on the way to help battle cancer and prevent relapses.
Liliana Gutierrez
Oct 2, 2017


The Invincible Kristi Blair
Kristi Blair, CVI Development Council Member shares her personaly and family cancer connection on the UW Medicine Advancement website (2017)
Liliana Gutierrez
Aug 23, 2017


Scientists and Donors Create Community — and Cancer Vaccines
Scientists and donors create community - and cancer vaccines.
Liliana Gutierrez
Jun 29, 2017


Dr. Disis voted one of Seattle's Top Doctors in 2017
Dr. Disis voted one of Seattle's top doctors for 2017 in Seattle Magazine! (Feb 2017)
Liliana Gutierrez
Feb 17, 2017


Importance of Research
Rivkin Center shares the importance of research for ovarian cancer, featuring Dr. Nora Disis. (Nov 2016)
Liliana Gutierrez
Nov 17, 2016


Polyvalent Vaccine Targeting Oncogenic Driver Pathways
Dr. Disis presents "Polyvalent Vaccine Targeting Oncogenic Driver Pathways" talk at the NCI Cancer Prevention Program (Jul 2016).
Liliana Gutierrez
Jul 21, 2016


TVG's Dr. Salazar discusses how NIH funding cuts will negatively impact cancer research
CVI's (formerly TVG) Dr. Salazar discusses how NIH funding cuts will negatively impact cancer research on Q13 Fox News (Apr 2017)
Liliana Gutierrez
Apr 13, 2016


6 questions in cancer immunotherapy
Hutch News features Dr. Disis among experts who answer questions about cancer vaccines, engineered T cells and other cancer immunotherapies.
Liliana Gutierrez
Mar 16, 2016


Attacking cancer
The Pharmaceutical Journal publishes an article on "Attacking cancer: are therapeutic vaccines on the verge of fulfilling their potential?",
Liliana Gutierrez
Jul 23, 2015


PD1/PDL1 Inhibitors Show Safety and Efficacy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Dr. Disis writes an article for Targeted Oncology discussing results of two clinical studies presented at the 2015 American Society for Clin
Liliana Gutierrez
Jun 4, 2015


A Vaccine May Aid Colon Cancer Prevention in the Future
American Cancer Society article publishes a piece featuring Dr. Disis on how colon cacer vaccines may aid prevention of the disease in the f
Liliana Gutierrez
Apr 15, 2015


Cancer Cure Inc.
Seattle Business Magazine article on how immunotherapy research is rebooting Seattle's biotech sector. (Dec 2014)
Liliana Gutierrez
Dec 13, 2014


New breast cancer vaccine ‘promising but not ready for prime time’
Dr. Disis and Dr. Salazer discuss a breast cancer vaccine and it's potential for breast cancer patients in Hutch News. (Dec 2014)
Liliana Gutierrez
Dec 5, 2014
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