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UMass Chan Medical School

Marcus Ruscetti, PhD

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Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, associate professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, receives 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize from the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, to explore how cells in the liver experiencing senescence—a cellular state in which cells stop dividing due to stress or aging—create an immune-suppressive environment that enables pancreatic cancer metastasis.

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Bryan Goodchild, UMass Chan Medical School

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