In 2016, archeologists working in the Swartkrans Cave in South Africa found a piece of foot bone belonging to a hominid dating back 1.6 to 1.8 million years. This alone would create a buzz among scientists. But it was what was on the bone that generated headlines: This ancient human…...
Play4TheCure Summer Series Wrap-up
This Summer we set out on our third annual Play4TheCure Summer Series tour visiting minor league baseball teams. The goal is to engage more teams to participate in our Play4TheCure program and raise money for NFCR-supported scientists. We detailed our experiences at each of the 4 games in this series and…...
Harold Dvorak: The Trailblazer
“Tumors are wounds that don’t heal,” says Harold Dvorak, M.D., and if that sounds like an overly simplification, it is a foregone conclusion that some of the most complicated problems have very simple beginnings. A scientists funded by the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) from 1980 to 2016, Dr.…...










