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Oncotarget awards grants to four biomedical researchers at Frontiers in Cancer Science

Scientists from Aligarh Muslim University, National Institute of Immunology India, and University of Torino present cancer research at FCS 2017

Grant and Award Announcement

Impact Journals LLC

ORCHARD PARK, New York - (Dec. 6, 2017) - Oncotarget, the world's largest oncology peer-reviewed research publication, awarded travel grants enabling four biomedical researchers to attend November's Frontiers in Cancer Science 2017 (FCS 2017) conference in Singapore. The travel sponsorship encourages the discussion of cancer discoveries in support of Oncotarget's commitment to maximizing the circulation of scientific research.

"We're dedicated to the wide dissemination of scientific advances to improve understanding and spur future discoveries," said Mikhail Blagosklonny, Oncotarget's editor-in-chief. "The Frontiers in Cancer Science meeting brings together top cancer experts from around the globe and as travel sponsor, Oncotarget is proud to have provided the opportunity for new and groundbreaking research from four international institutions to be shared at the meeting."

The sponsored researchers presented studies ranging from assessing the impact of drug treatments on kidney cancer to characterizing the chemoresistance of asbestos-related tumors. The researchers and their presentations are as follows:

The FCS 2017 conference, which was held November 6 - 8, was hosted by seven major research institutes: Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Genome Institute of Singapore, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

For more biomedical research in oncology and related areas such as immunology and microbiology, the latest issue of Oncotarget is available at http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget.

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