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Recent NIH News Releases Featuring DCB-Funded Research

• NIH-Funded Study Suggests that Testosterone Suppresses Brain Tumor Growth in Males
• NIH-Funded AI Model Predicts Cancer Survival from Single-Cell Tumor Data 

Recent NIH Research Matters Articles Featuring DCB-Funded Research

• Blood Test Predicts Tumor Response to Treatment
• Boosting the Immune Response to Brain Cancer
• Respiratory Viruses May Trigger Dormant Cancers

June 8 - 9, 2026 
Fibrosis at the Crossroad of Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer Workshop
This workshop will explore and discuss the underlying biology of cancer fibrosis that, in turn, will help define how fibrotic conditions can lead to increased risk of cancer, how fibrosis can promote cancer progression, and how targeting fibrosis might be coupled to other treatment approaches.

June 11, 2026 (11:00 - 12:00 pm ET)
Fueling Cancer Progression by the Nervous System Webinar: Psychological Stress Fueling Metastatic Colonization
Drs. Mikala Egeblad (Johns Hopkins University) and Xueyan He (WUSTL) will discuss how psychological stress drives metastasis. 

June 14, 2026
Application Deadline - AI Embeddings for Next Gen Cancer Diagnostics: Innovation Lab
This innovation lab will develop teams that may conceive of embedding-based approaches that construct a richer, more unified representation of individual patient presentations, with the explicit goal of surfacing actionable guidance for clinicians in cases where current diagnostic approaches fall short. 

June 18, 2026 (11:30 - 1:00 pm ET)
Tumor Draining Lymph Nodes Virtual Forum: Emerging Resources and Models to Study Human Lymph Node Metastasis - Challenges and Opportunities
Drs. Matthew Spitzer (UCSF), Benjamin Kahn (University of Pennsylvania), Ang Cui (Brigham and Women's Hospital), Sri Krishna (NCI), and Susan Thomas (Georgia Tech) will share resources and models to investigate lymph node metastasis. 

July 9 - 10, 2026 
Trans‑NIH Workshop on Micro[nano]plastic Measurement for Population Studies
This workshop will examine the current state of the science related to micro[nano]plastic (MNP) measurement techniques applicable to population science research, including epidemiologic studies.

September 16 - 17, 2026 
Hybrid Workshop: Translating Biomolecular Condensates in Cancer - From Discovery to Clinical Applications
This workshop will bring together leaders from academia, industry, and NIH to explore how advances in condensate biology can be translated into clinically meaningful biomarkers, diagnostics, and therapies. 

September 23 - 24, 2026 
Workshop on Understanding Plasticity and its Role Across the Cancer Continuum
This workshop will identify roadblocks and challenges in improving our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity and raise awareness of the significance of cell plasticity in cancer development, progression, and treatment response.