This stir-fry of green vegetables is a healthy meal for a holiday that also helps mark the middle of spring—the season of renewal.
Colorectal cancer is a killer worldwide, claiming at least 500,000 lives every year. In Hong Kong, it is the most common of all cancers with over 5,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although colorectal cancer can be a devastating disease, it is also…
Immunotherapy. Angiogenesis. Precision Medicine. Genomic Testing.
Biomarkers. Therapeutic Antibody Engineering. CAR T Cell Therapy.
When the Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR) was founded one and half decades ago, many of these words did not exist or were never used in relation to cancer.
But…
Michael Wang, MD., Ph.D., member of AFCR Scientific Advisory Board
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infection cases has reached 570,000 in the U.S., which is the highest figure in the world.
“Tens of millions of Americans have been staying at homes for weeks;…
Michael Wang, MD., Ph.D., member of AFCR Scientific Advisory Board Cancer patients living with their pets may be becoming nervous because several recent news reports revealed…
Ongoing since 2020
Company Overview
Innovation: Therapeutics—first-in-class botanical cancer platform drug
Targeted Cancer(s): Liver cancer
Scientific Leadership: Yung-Chi Cheng, Ph.D.; Shwu-Huey Liu, Ph.D.
Stage of Project: Phase II clinical trial about to commence; orphan drug designations granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Opportunity
YIV-906 is a botanical cancer drug that…
Michael Wang, MD., Ph.D., member of AFCR Scientific Advisory Board
The recently announced extension of social distancing guidelines through the end of April is an important step taken by the U.S. federal government to slow down the spread of coronavirus. But the overall picture…
Michael Wang, MD., Ph.D., member of AFCR Scientific Advisory Board
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 1.4 million. With varying public health responses across countries, there is still no clear prediction for when the number of cases will peak. This…
Michael Wang, MD., Ph.D., member of AFCR Scientific Advisory Board
The pandemic associated with coronavirus disease COVID-19 is particularly dangerous for someone with cancer, whose body’s primary defense mechanism, the human immune system, is weaker than that of a healthy person. Simply put, so-called…
Ranking as the number one cause of death worldwide, cancer is one of the most frightening diseases in the world today. The deadly disease can affect nearly any part in the body with each type of cancer presenting different symptoms. Researchers have…