University of Mississippi Medical Center
JACKSON – As the University of Mississippi Medical Center prepares to break ground on a new home for its Cancer Center and Research Institute, or CCRI, scientists are exploring new ways to improve cancer outcomes for Mississippians — from investigating how stress and living conditions affect tumors to uncovering pancreatic cancer’s earliest clues and developing more precise ways to deliver chemotherapy.
Inside UMMC laboratories, researchers are working to rewrite Mississippi’s cancer story, offering the promise of a different ending — and a new beginning — for patients, families and health care providers…