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AACR 2025 Rogel Recap
The 2025 American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois, in April. Over 70 Rogel Cancer Center researchers participated in presentations, poster sessions and as session moderators to an international audience of cancer researchers. Check out the highlights from this year’s meeting.

4 Rogel Cancer Center members named AAAS fellows
Four Rogel Cancer Center members earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society. Fellows are elected for their “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, or its applications, are scientifically or socially distinguished.”

Rogel Cancer Center at AACR 2025
Rogel Cancer Center and University of Michigan researchers will be represented in more than 60 presentations and poster sessions. Check the list below to support your colleagues. All times listed are Central Time.
An emerging class of RNA fighting cancer, infectious and genetic diseases
Cancer antigen-encoding RNA vaccines, or circRNA, is a targeted technology that improves existing immunotherapy and vaccine approaches

Histotripsy can help release HER2 from cancer tumor cells
A revolutionary new therapy, called histotripsy uses soundwaves to destroy liver tumors and was approved for clinical use by the FDA in 2023. A recent study in the journal Cancers demonstrates how histotripsy could stimulate the immune system to destroy a cancer through the release of tumor antigens.