How could we find new cancer treatments faster?

ALK Positive is helping fund researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who are tackling that question—with an approach they’re now applying to lung cancer. The team developed a faster way to identify and test treatments that help immune cells recognise and destroy cancer cells. Their first results are in lymphoma, where an experimental treatment both flags cancer cells for attack and blocks a signal that protects them. Why does this matter to our ALK community? We need more treatment options, and developing them starts with finding new ways to target cancer. This is early laboratory and animal research, not yet a treatment for ALK-positive cancer. But it shows how research supported by our community can help explore possibilities across cancer types. Read more: https://bidmc.org/news-stories/all-news-stories/news/2026/09/researchers-pioneer-faster-cancer-treatment-development