{"id":88669,"date":"2018-12-12T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T20:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=88669"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:07:25","slug":"weinman-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/12\/weinman-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest cancer research presented at symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_92059\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1zWGjFLwgM?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"2018 Weinman Symposium\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Dozens of world-renowned scientists spoke at the 10th Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weinmansymposium.com\/\">Weinman Symposium<\/a> on November 29&#8211;30 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a>. Researchers presented some of the latest cancer research findings, specifically cancer syndromes, genetic disorders in which inherited genetic mutations in one or more genes predispose individuals to the development of cancers.<\/p>\n<p>Top scientists from across the nation also looked at opportunities for research collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>Students from Maryknoll School and other high schools from across the state were at the presentations to listen to and interact with the researchers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weinmansymposium.com\/about\/2018-weinman-award-recipient\/\">Webster Cavanee<\/a> received the 10th Weinman Award for outstanding cancer research contribution at the two-day event. Cavanee discovered the existence of tumor suppressor genes in many human cancers. He and his team have also pioneered understanding the genetic basis for glioblastoma, the most lethal and common brain tumor, developed therapies that target these lesions and uncovered several mechanisms of resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Weinman Symposium is co-sponsored by the Barry and Virginia Weinman Foundation, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> Cancer Center and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Nana Ohkawa<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31195\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cancer-center-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ Cancer Center building\" width=\"620\" height=\"288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cancer-center-exterior.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cancer-center-exterior-260x121.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of Hawai&#699;i Cancer Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of world-renowned scientists spoke at the 10th Annual Weinman Symposium at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Cancer Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[218,169,9,56],"class_list":["post-88669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-cancer","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88669"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113504,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88669\/revisions\/113504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}