Dr. Megan Spurgeon (left) and Dr. Paul Lambert (right) McArdle researchers have developed a model of papillomavirus sexual transmission using the recently discovered murine (mouse) papillomavirus. This new model finally allows research on areas of …
Month: October 2019
Saturday Science at Discovery with McArdle
Dr. Megan Spurgeon, Associate Scientist, teaching about the link between viruses and cancer at Saturday Science at Discovery. On Saturday, September 14th, volunteers from the McArdle Laboratory and the Institute for Molecular Virology teamed up …
Kenney laboratory receives three federal grants in one year
Dr. Shannon Kenney Receiving three federal grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within a year is nearly unheard of in the research world, but not for Dr. Shannon Kenney who was awarded two …
Contributions to Cancer Research
1939 Harold P. Rusch showed that a high-fat or high-calorie diet accelerated the production of cancer in mice. 1940 McArdle Laboratory was established as the first basic cancer research facility in an academic institution in the …