Topics: Cancer Grateful Patients

Four people cut a ribbon to present a plaque to name a research laboratory

Penn State Cancer Institute dedicates lab space in honor of bequest gift

Nov 15, 2024

The David and Jeanne Reager Laboratories at Penn State Cancer Institute were dedicated during a special ceremony on November 14.

A graphic illustrates two pathways on how SOD1 dimers dissociate into monomers and later form large protein aggregates. One pathway shows toxic trimers as part of the pathway, while another shows the toxic trimers as forming off pathway.

Toxic protein ‘variant’ may be the next target for ALS therapies

Jun 1, 2022

Penn State research shows that ‘variant’ complexes of a protein implicated in ALS pathology form in separate pathways, a discovery that may lead to new therapies.

Glenna and J. David Brensinger lean against the side of a bridge. In the background are trees and, at a distance, a large waterfall.

Lancaster man gifts real estate to honor his late wife, support lifesaving cancer research

Oct 19, 2020

J. David Brensinger has always been the type of person to reach out and help others. Now, a planned gift in memory of his wife, Glenna, will help cancer patients for generations to come.

A plane flies in the sky above Hershey Medical Center, trailing a banner.

Grateful patient sends thank you via airmail

Jun 26, 2020

When they want to show their appreciation to a doctor, most patients send a thank you card – Lynda and Don Donagher sent an airplane.

Colin Hayes watches as Jenny Meincke, a registered nurse at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, leans over while holding a newborn baby. Hayes is wearing a white coat and scrubs. Meincke is wearing a jacket and scrubs. The baby is wrapped in a blanket and has a blue knit cap on his head.

How far a donation can go – a Four Diamonds child’s journey to medical school

Feb 11, 2020

Colin Hayes has known since arriving at Penn State College of Medicine that he wanted to be a pediatric oncologist. He was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2011 and, after his first THON, decided he wanted to give back.

Women sitting in a chair at a table wearing dark pants, light sweater and scarf around her neck.

Thriving while Surviving

Nov 14, 2018

Nancy didn’t choose to join the fraternity of those surviving and thriving, but that’s what happened when she was diagnosed with late stage stomach cancer and successfully treated at Penn State Cancer Institute approximately six years ago.