About Benchmarks
Benchmarks is a publication of the NCI Office of Media Relations which is designed to provide health and science writers with background information on emerging topics in cancer research.NCI Grantees Receive Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences recognizes “excellence in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life.” The inaugural set of prizes, awarded in February 2013 by a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to advancing breakthrough research, are backed by well-known personalities such as Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of a personal genomics and biotech company 23andMe; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan; Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner; and Art Levinson, chairman of Apple and Genentech. Read more…
Alan Rabson Receives AACI Special Recognition Award
Arnold Rabson, M.D., left, accepts the Special Recognition Award from AACI, on behalf of his father. Presenting the award at the Oct. 15 ceremony is AACI President William S. Dalton, M.D., Ph.D., chief executive officer and director of the Moffitt Cancer Center. Photo by Mike Gatty.
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