The study was co-led by a team of scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, headed up by Dr Anguraj Sadanandam, and the University of Michigan in the US. This work, published in Nature today, was funded by Pancreatic Cancer UK, the Ian Harty Charitable Trust and the National Institutes of Health in the US.
She is awarded the Sjöberg Prize for laying the foundations for cancer vaccines
One of the pioneers of research that could lead to the development of customised vaccines for cancer treatment is Catherine J. Wu of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA. She is now awarded the Sjöberg Prize of one million US dollars for her efforts.