{"id":8061,"date":"2012-07-06T08:28:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T23:43:26","slug":"cancer-research-earns-cover-story-and-more-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/07\/06\/cancer-research-earns-cover-story-and-more-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer research earns cover story and more in the news"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_8076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8076\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/haining-yang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/haining-yang.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/haining-yang-260x165.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research led by Dr. Haining Yang of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center is featured on the cover of the nation&#8217;s leading cancer research publication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An international team of researchers led by <strong>Haining Yang<\/strong> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhcancercenter.org\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> has identified HMGB1 as a critical protein in the pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma, one of the most dangerous forms of cancer highly related to asbestos and erionite exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are featured as the cover story of the July 1, 2012, issue of <em>Cancer Research<\/em>, one of the nation&#8217;s leading cancer research publications.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are very excited about this discovery and are extremely pleased that it was also chosen to be the featured cover story,&rdquo; said Yang. &ldquo;The next step is to translate this discovery into actual treatments for mesothelioma patients.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=5181\">news release<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/18952524\/uh-cancer-researchers-make-key-discovery-for-mesothelioma\"><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now<\/em> story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>More <abbr>UH<\/abbr> in the News for June 29&#8211;July 5, 2012<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Tribune-Herald<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;Hammes&#8217; book to be featured on BOOKTV&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Honolulu Civil Beat<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;Crew picked to study food production in deep space&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;Kaiser grad makes U.S. Olympic men&#8217;s volleyball team&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KHON<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;Six-member crew selected for Mars food mission&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KHON<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;Kaiser\/<abbr>UH<\/abbr> alum Clay Stanley named to U.S. Olympic volleyball team&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KHON<\/em>, July 5, 2012: &ldquo;<abbr>HCC<\/abbr> program grooms future tradesmen and women&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Lahaina News<\/em>, July 5, 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lahainanews.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/508332\/Learn-about-college-opportunities-at-Academic-Advising-Day.html?nav=19\">&ldquo;Learn about college opportunities at Academic Advising Day&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>, July 5, 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/health\/boostershots\/la-heb-mars-food-20120705,0,2965264.story\">&ldquo;Crew picked to study food production in deep space&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>The Maui News<\/em>, July 4, 2012:&ldquo;Napili Kai Foundation awards $13,500 in scholarship funds&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>, July 4, 2012: &ldquo;Pilares&#8217; fingerprints all over gift to child ID program&rdquo; (subscription required)<\/li>\n<li><em>Associated Press<\/em>, July 3, 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5iuNhnCwFLGUswNNrHpX0tsY2rUKA?docId=3ab16f48f4054bbaa5d18f606a1b5d3c\">&ldquo;Search to find Earhart wreckage begins in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Christian Science Monitor<\/em>, July 3, 2012: &ldquo;Amelia Earhart search missions begin: five others that failed&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Hawaii News Now<\/em>, July 3, 2012: &ldquo;Search to find Earhart wreckage begins in Hawaii&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>The Garden Island<\/em>, July 3, 2012: &ldquo;Free handbook offers latest hazard preparedness technologies&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Discovery News<\/em>, July 2, 2012: &ldquo;Search for Amelia Earhart&#8217;s plane begins&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Hawaii News Now<\/em>, July 2, 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/18928691\/new-effort-launched-to-locate-missing-aviator-amelia-earharts-plane\">&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> research ship ready for Amelia Earhart expedition&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>, July 2, 2012: &ldquo;Miss T.E.E.N. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> earns national crown&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KITV<\/em>, July 2, 2012: &ldquo;Deep-sea search begins for Amelia Earhart&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>MSNBC<\/em>, July 2, 2012: &ldquo;High-tech search for Amelia Earhart&#8217;s plane set to begin&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>The Maui News<\/em>, July 1, 2012: &ldquo;Former Maui girl finds success in fashion&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>The Garden Island<\/em>, June 30, 2012: &ldquo;Aquaponics vs. garden-grown a near draw&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KHON<\/em>, June 30, 2012: &ldquo;Storms bring down <abbr>UH<\/abbr> exhibit in Washington, D.C.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>KITV<\/em>, June 30, 2012: &ldquo;Storm shuts down Folklife Festival&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><em>Hawaii News Now<\/em>, June 29, 2012: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/story\/18920970\/congress-closes-the-book-on-student-loan-interest-rates\">&ldquo;Congress closes the book on student loan interest rates&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><en>KHON, June 29, 2012: &ldquo;Â鶹´«Ã½Cancer Center gets important renewal&rdquo;<\/en><\/li>\n<li><em>KITV<\/em>, June 29, 2012: &ldquo;Senate confirms Pollack to State Supreme Court&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><i>KPUA<\/i>, June 29, 2012: &ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo is mourning the loss of a faculty member&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> mesothelioma findings on the cover of a leading cancer research publication is among the news coverage highlights from the past week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,24],"tags":[218,62,63,92,169,14,9,60,947,68],"class_list":["post-8061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-uh-in-the-news","tag-cancer","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-cancer-center","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061","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=8061"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138006,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions\/138006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}