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It’s as simple as that."</p> <p><a href="/cancerwise/innovative-cancer-treatment-saves-renal-medullary-carcinoma-patient-and-her-pregnancy.h00-159699912.html"><span class="rte-cta-arrow">Read Heather's story</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-double last cell-r last"> <div class="module m-pad"> <div class="stand-alone-quote"> <div class="quote-icon"> <i class="fa mda-icon-leftquote mda-2x"></i> </div> <p class="quote-text">To do something that nobody else has ever thought of or done before, based on research, and it’s successful, that’s beautiful. </p> <span class="quote-author-info"> <p class="quote-author-name">Pavlos Msaouel, M.D., Ph.D.</p> <p class="quote-author-title"> Medical oncologist who treated Heather </p> </span> </div> </div>  <div class="module"> <div class="media-player media-single-small mda-survivor-media"> <div class="media-content" id="">    <div class="media-matrix"></div> <div class="media-options"> <div class="media-option basic-content-media 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of research excellence and research centers and programs that promote collaboration.</p> <div class="col-container-cta"> <a href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers.html" class="cta" target="_self"> All research programs and centers <i class="teaser-more mdicon-arrow" aria-hidden="true"> </i> </a> </div> <div class="table "> <div class="col-double cell-m "> <div class="module "> <div class="promo promo-simple promo-icon-blue promo-text-left "> <div class="promo-icon-header-wrapper"> <div class="promo-icon icon-circle" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="fa-stack fa-3x"> <i class="fa mda-icon-cancertypes mda-stack-1x mda-inverse" data-transition="fadeIn" data-transition-delay="300"></i> </span> </div> <div class="promo-header"> <h3 class="title minion-heading heading-center"> Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) </h3> </div> </div> <div class="promo-text"> <div class="body promo-text-normal"> <p>The National Cancer Institute has 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href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/therapeutics-discovery-division.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Therapeutics Discovery</h4> </a>  </li>  <li class="link">  <a class="mdicon-linklist" href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/clinical-and-translational-research-center.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Clinical and Translational Research Center</h4> </a>  </li>  <li class="link">   <a class="mda-icon-linkout" href="https://www.uth.edu/ccts/" target="_blank" aria-label=" Opens a new window"> <h4 class="link-title">Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences</h4> </a> </li>  <li class="link">  <a class="mdicon-linklist" href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/center-for-community-engaged-translational-research.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research</h4> </a>  </li>  <li class="link">  <a class="mdicon-linklist" href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/clinical-research-center-for-myeloproliferative-neoplasms.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Hanns A. Pielenz Clinical Research Center for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms</h4> </a>  </li>  <li class="link">  <a class="mdicon-linklist" href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/programs-centers/prime-tr.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Platform for Innovative Microbiome and Translational Research</h4> </a>  </li>  <li class="link">  <a class="mdicon-linklist" href="https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/translational-molecular-pathology.html" aria-label=" "> <h4 class="link-title">Translational Molecular Pathology</h4> </a>  </li> </ul> </div> </div>    </div>  </div> </div> </section>  </div>  <section class=" highlight " data-transition="fadeIn"> <h2 class="col-container-title">Collaborations</h2> <p class="col-container-description"> </p> <div class="col-container-cta"> <a href="https://www.mdanderson.org/about-md-anderson/innovation/strategic-industry-ventures/alliances-and-partnerships1.html" class="cta" target="_self"> Learn more about our strategic alliances and commercialization agreements <i class="teaser-more mdicon-arrow" aria-hidden="true"> </i> </a> </div> <div class="col-single table"> <section> <div class="fis-articles" data-itemstoshow="2" data-titlecharlimit="55"> <h2 class="fis-articles-title"></h2> <div class="article-container"> <a href="https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/md-anderson-sibylla-biotech-announce-strategic-collaboration-to-discover-develop-small-molecule-protein-degraders.h00-159698334.html" class="blog-summary small fis"> <div class="blog-summary-img-wrapper"> <picture>  <source srcset="/content/dam/mdanderson/images/newsroom/science/IM_Cancerwise_AminoAcid_WEB.jpg.resize.900.470.high.jpg 2x, /content/dam/mdanderson/images/newsroom/science/IM_Cancerwise_AminoAcid_WEB.jpg.resize.450.235.high.jpg 1x" alt="3D illustration of protein structure" media="(min-width: 993px)"/> <source 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