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☆ The woman behind the next big thing in cancer treatment
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Christine Olsson/AFP/Getty ImagesWu’s research focused on small mutations in cancer tumor cells. However, in many cases, cancer vaccines have failed to live up to their promise — largely because the right target hasn’t been found. “This is a fantastic discovery.”By sequencing DNA from healthy and cancer cells, Wu and her team identified a cancer patient’s unique tumor neoantigens. More work is needed before they are a viable treatment options for many cancer patients. To show that these type of cancer vaccines work, much larger randomized control trials are needed.

Persons: Catherine Wu, Boston’s Dana, “, ”, Wu, Lendahl, Dr Patrick Ott, Sam Ogden, Honjo, James Allison, Tasuku Honjo, James P Allison, Christine Olsson, ” Hans, Gustaf Ljunggren, Matt Stone, “ I’m, ” Wu, ” Lendahl, you’ve, It’s, ” Barbara Brigham, BioNTech, ” CNN’s Brenda Goodman Organizations: CNN, Farber Cancer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Karolinska, Getty, US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, MediaNews, Boston Herald, Merck, Moderna, ”, Covid Locations: Sweden, BioNTech, Rome

☆ Technical head Elliott leaves Mercedes F1 team
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Former Formula One world champions Mercedes announced the surprise departure of chief technical officer (CTO) Mike Elliott on Tuesday only months after he took on the role in a job swap with James Allison. Elliott had been appointed technical director in July 2021, with Allison moving to the CTO role, but they switched positions last April after Mercedes made a slow start to the season following a difficult 2022. Red Bull have won the last three drivers' titles with Max Verstappen as well as the 2022 and 2023 constructors' championships. Mercedes said Elliott, who had been with the team for 11 years and through their record eight successive constructors' titles, had chosen to depart after developing a technical strategy for the future. "Mike is a fiercely intelligent technical brain and a great team-player; he has made a strong contribution not just to winning racing cars but also to building the culture of our team.

Persons: Mercedes, Mike Elliott, James Allison, Elliott, Allison, Red Bull, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Bull's Sergio Perez, Mike, Toto Wolff, Alan Baldwin, Toby Davis Organizations: Briton, Thomson

☆ Mercedes to move on from Austin blow with 'sunny optimism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Mercedes expect their upgraded car to perform strongly in the final four races of the Formula One season despite the blow of having Lewis Hamilton disqualified from second place in Texas last Sunday. Allison said that feeling would soon be replaced by "a sunny optimism of knowing that the car looked bright on this upgrade package and we've got four more races to show what we can do with it". Allison said Austin, despite the skid plate problem, had actually been a "cast-iron vote of confidence in favour of what we put on the car". When we had done our setup we checked the plank and everything all looked fine, untouched after the FP1 running. We were illegal so clearly we should have had our car set a little bit higher up to give ourselves a little bit more margin."

Persons: Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, James Allison, Austin debrief, Allison, we've, George Russell, we'll, Austin, Alan Baldwin, Clare Fallon Organizations: Thomson Locations: Texas, Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas, Abu Dhabi, London

☆ Buzz and smiles growing after Mercedes tops Canada practice
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The car didn't feel bad but I think we've definitely got some work to do," said Hamilton. "We've just got to improve our ride control and a bit of the balance through corners and I think we'll be alright. The upgrades in Monaco and Barcelona led to a double podium at the Spanish Grand Prix with Hamilton finishing second and Russell third behind race winner Verstappen. Even Allison could not bring himself to make any predictions beyond things finally are all pointing in the right direction. "Probably a little bit too soon to say that summer has arrived with that one swallow – but hopefully, we’ve turned a bit of a corner.

Persons: Gilles Villeneuve, Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Chris Helgren MONTREAL, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, George Russell, Red, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Hamilton, We've, Russell, James Allison, Allison, Bull, Verstappen, we’ve, Steve Keating, Grant McCool Organizations: Prix, Mercedes, Circuit, Spanish, Hamilton, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Canada, Hamilton, Monaco, Barcelona

☆ F1 braced for chaos as sprint season starts in Baku
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

April 26 (Reuters) - Formula One is braced for chaos on the streets of Baku this weekend as Azerbaijan hosts the first sprint race of the season and kicks off a run of five grands prix in six weeks. "It’s absolutely ludicrous to be doing the first sprint race of the year in a street race like Azerbaijan," Red Bull boss Christian Horner told reporters at the previous race in Australia. Verstappen won last year. "We are bringing a new floor to Baku amongst some other aerodynamic and mechanical items," said Alpine technical director Matt Harman. "We then have a further development at the following race in Miami and something further for Imola after that."

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