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Cancer research improves detection, treatments, and survival rates, advancing therapies and innovation. Understanding cancer and the human body leads to better patient outcomes and medical breakthroughs.

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Interim President Wole Soboyejo Balances Research with Administration

September 26, 2022
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Catherine Whittington Receives Tissue Engineering Research Grants

April 19, 2022

WPI Researcher Awarded $200,000 to Determine How Fat Cells and Tissue Stiffening Contribute to Pancreatic Cancer

August 31, 2021
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WPI Researcher Awarded $799,995 to Define Retinoblastoma Protein’s Role in Errors During Cancer Cell Division

June 15, 2021

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BBT Faculty Candidate Research Seminar, Christina Fitzsimmons
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September 30, 2022 [Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME)]
Kwonmoo Lee, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Recently Awarded NIH/NIGMS and DoD Grants
September 08, 2019 [Biomedical Engineering]
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