Querida Anderson, Prachi Patel-Predd

The Academy delivers the latest news on biotechnology and oncology research, providing a link between the clinical world of cancer care and the university researchers who are pushing farther into knowledge and discovery. In this issue: 1) Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute 2) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 3) University of Leicaster (UK) 4) Purdue University 5) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 6) MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

The Clinical Trials reported in this issue include: PHASE I: 1) Cell Genesys and Medarex Remain Positive on Combination Immunotherapy Study 2) Active Biotech Achieves Success with TASQ for Prostate Cancer PHASE II: 1) Myriad Initiates Evaluation of Brain Cancer Drug that Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier 2) Second Lung Cancer Trial Adds Data to Novel Therapy PHASE III: 1) Nexavar Could Soon Add Primary Liver Cancer to its Label 2) Point Therapeutics Provides Clinical Update for NSCLC Studies