I hope you are all relaxing on this Memorial Day and enjoying the holiday. AnCan thanks those who served their country, and offers much comfort to those who lost loved ones in that endeavor.
Like many of you reading this, I remember both my parents who served during World War 2; my father had a somewhat colorful military career, staying through 1946 and participating in the 8th Army Sicily Invasion and then moving all the way north through Italy. My mother was a WAAF – part of the RAF; she loaded and developed the pix in the aircraft cameras. I stopped by the cemetery Saturday to say hello to my Dad who is buried here in Tucson and thought of adding a Union Jack to all the Stars & Stripes fluttering in the grounds.
I am often asked what is new and promising in PCa research. It is a huge task to stay current on all going on, especially since some of the research is so early and speculative. It is hard to distinguish what may have legs and evolve into the Silver Bullet from what evaporates in the Petri dish. One piece of UCSF research was brought into focus by one of our AnCan participants this week – a drug named ISRIB that may make prostate cancer cells self-destruct. While this is still very early days, it is a fine example of scientific creative thinking.