April 11, 2013
Giada De Laurentiis Appears In New PSA For SU2C And The Melanoma Research Alliance
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) have collaborated on a new television and radio public service announcement starring Emmy® Award-winning celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis, who tragically lost her brother to melanoma. The PSA is designed to increase awareness about the life-saving benefits of protecting oneself from harmful exposure to UV rays that increase the risk of being diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest of all skin cancers, as well as the importance of early detection. It is the latest element in an ongoing “Protect Your Skin” campaign http://youtu.be/ufsacyOEDgM.
Read MoreApril 8, 2013
The Lustgarten Foundation And SU2C Collaborate To Extend SU2C’s Promising Pancreatic Cancer Research
Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) and The Lustgarten Foundation announced today a collaboration that will extend the work of the SU2C Dream Team that is investigating ways to improve survival for patients with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer. The Lustgarten Foundation will make a $2 million donation to SU2C, which SU2C will match, enabling this Dream Team to receive a total of $4 million over the next two years.
Read MoreApril 7, 2013
Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Announce New Pediatric Cancer Dream Team
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, along with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), SU2C’s scientific partner, announced the formation of a Dream Team dedicated to childhood cancer research during a press conference today at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10.
Read MoreApril 7, 2013
SU2C’s Unique Research Funding Model Yielded Success With First Round of Dream Team Grants
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the American Association for Cancer Research, SU2C’s scientific partner, are pleased to announce that the original Dream Team grants awarded by SU2C to five multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary research teams in May 2009, have accelerated cancer research progress that has been translated into meaningful advances for patients with cancer in just three years.
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2013
Call for Applications for up to $8M SU2C-DCS Dream Team Grant
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is now accepting applications for a Sta Op Tegen Kanker (“Stand Up To Cancer” in Dutch) Dream Team Translational Cancer Research Grant. This grant opportunity will offer up to €6 million (U.S. $8 million, at the current conversion rate) in research funding and is provided by Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and KWF Kankerbestrijding (the Dutch Cancer Society).
Read MoreDecember 12, 2012
SU2C and CRI Announce New Immunology Translational Research Dream Team
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) announce the formation of a Dream Team project dedicated to cancer immunology — “Immunologic Checkpoint Blockade and Adoptive Cell Transfer in Cancer Therapy.” Cancer immunology is a field of research that explores the complex relationship between cancer and the immune system, with the goal of discovering immune-based solutions to curing cancer.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2012
More Than $150,000 Raised for SU2C Through MLB.com Auction oF Rare Baseball Experience
Major League Baseball and its 30 Clubs raised $152,700 for Stand Up To Cancer in an auction of 78 unique baseball items and experiences on MLB.com. The four-day auction which was inspired by the baseball public relations officials and club executives who are bravely fighting cancer, drew 1,809 total bids on a range of items representing all 30 Clubs.
Read MoreDecember 3, 2012
MLB Auctions Rare Baseball Experiences Benefiting SU2C
Major League Baseball and its 30 Clubs have organized a charity auction benefiting Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), announced today as a part of the annual Baseball Winter Meetings. The initiative was inspired by the numerous cases of public relations officials in the sport who have been diagnosed with cancer in recent years.
Read MoreNovember 27, 2012
SU2C’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Campaign Turns Bad Taste Into Supporting a Great Cause!
Beginning December 1, donning a tacky holiday sweater will do more than just elicit chuckles from friends, family and co-workers – it will help raise critical funds for innovative, translational cancer research when Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) launches its digital “Ugly Sweater Holiday Campaign.”
Read MoreNovember 14, 2012
Fifth Third Bank & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. support SU2C at Ford EcoBoost 400 Race
Fifth Third Bank and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., driver of the No. 6 Fifth Third Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing, will be lending their support to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) by featuring the SU2C logo on Stenhouse’s Ford during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finale of 2012 held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2012.
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