Guang Lei, M.D., Ph.D., spends his days in a lab studying ferroptosis, a type of programmed cell death.

But it’s not a love of science or a fascination with cells that brought him here, although he admits he has those, too. For Lei, it’s all about finding solutions for the struggling patients he met as a resident physician in China. 

During his time as a student, Lei saw the struggles that cancer patients faced firsthand...

Helene Andrews-Polymenis finds hope in cancer research.

Like many cancer survivors, she often feels some anxiety when she thinks about the future. Her diagnosis, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, is difficult to treat, and while Helene currently shows no evidence of disease, she worries about the possibility of another recurrence.

But she finds peace in the idea that right now scientists, physicians and other researchers...