City of Hope Provides Better Nutrition to Patients, Staff and the Community
By Abe Rosenberg | July 7, 2021 To balance the intensely emotional demands of her job as a bereavement counselor at City of Hope, Deborah Salgia moonlights as a health and wellness coach. “It helps keep me level,” she explained. When she heard about the Savoring Hope healthy cooking classes being offered on campus, this self-proclaimed foodie signed…
City of Hope Shares What it Means to Seek Care at a Comprehensive Cancer Center
City of Hope Shares what it means to seek care at a comprehensive cancer center By Abe Rosenberg Five years ago, when Steve McGrew of Spokane, Washington, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his physician could offer only a few options. McGrew didn’t like any of them, so he asked what he should do next. The doctor, sensing his…
City of Hope – TGen IDs gene that may explain disparity in COVID-19 effects
By Steve Yozwiak | March 26, 2021 City of Hope’s Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has identified a specific genetic target that could help explain the tremendous variation in how sick those infected with COVID-19 become. The study results, recently published in the journal mSphere, describe a molecule made from DNA — miR1307 — as a potential “dimmer switch” that may influence the severity…