The emergence of a virus known as monkeypox has raised many questions, most notably: Is this the new pandemic?

NCI at Frederick researchers produced 175 publications that were added to the NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications Database between January and March 2022. The top five words found in the titles of these publications were “cell,” “disease,” “cancer,” “RNA,” and “patients.”

Spring has arrived in Frederick, and with it comes a beloved scientific tradition: the Spring Research Festival. Now in its 25th year, the festival brings together scientists, students, support staff, and spectators from across Fort Detrick, NCI at Frederick, and the larger Frederick community. Participants can expect two days of scientific excellence.

In 1972, soon after then-President Richard Nixon’s newly established Frederick Cancer Research Center (FCRC) hired its first employees, 24-year-old Kunio Nagashima put on a suit and tie and boarded a Boeing 747 at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. An electron microscopist from Kyoto University, Nagashima had a one-way ticket in his hand, bound for the United States and ready to take a new job—sight unseen.

The NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications Database added 241 publications by NCI at Frederick researchers between October 1 and December 31, 2021. In comparison, for the period between October 1 and December 31, 2020, the database added 303 publications.