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Blood-clotting protein and blood platelets promote immune evasion, cancer progression
A new study reveals how a clotting protein and blood platelets can promote cancer progression and suppress immune responses to cancer. The study relates thrombin (a clotting protein in the blood), can cause blood platelets to release transforming growth factor-beta 1...
Research Administration Lecture Series
The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) is an independent research institution aimed at understanding diseases and finding new cures. It was based on, Herbert Hauptman’s courage to challenge conventional wisdom in crystallography, while also changing...
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HWI staff in Chicago help Pfizer create an effective COVID-19 treatment
Our team at the Advanced Photon Source have helped Pfizer create a...
Studying radiation damage in biological systems – New tools and new knowledge
X-ray-based techniques are a powerful tool in structural biology but the...
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Welcomes Six New Board Members
The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI), an international...
Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Crystallization Center Awarded Major Grant by National Institutes of Health
Five-year award brings prestige, jobs, investment to Western New York The...