2021 BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellow Rob Jackson at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson secured a pivotal National Institutes of Health grant to establish his career in virology and oral cancer.

A study confirmed that tissue stiffening in the most common types of breast cancer, HER2-negative, can directly cause disease progression and metastasis, leading to detrimental outcomes for patients.This link was first described in a 2021 study by BIO5 member Ghassan Mouneimne.

BIO5 member Cynthia Thomson, accepts her Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's UACC Awards Dinner. For several decades at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center, that person has been Cynthia Thomson, who has changed the lives of patients, cancer survivors, students and colleagues through her passion for cancer prevention and compassion for people.