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exciting thing for me. >> reporter: the vaccine, still in trials, is the creation of fenstermaker and michael ciesielski. at buffalo's roswell park cancer center. >> it's been a simple product, but the science behind it is complex. >> reporter: the vaccine, given in the arm just like a flu shot, targets the protein, survivin, that keeps cancer cells alive. the premise? kill the survivin, kill the cancer. >> we think it has great promise for treating many different kinds of cancer. >> reporter: there are now early studies looking at survaxm for multiple myeloma and children's brain tumors. >> i felt, there can't be any downside to doing it. what's the worst that could happen? >> reporter: john wishman is still doing jobs around the house, something his daughter, lydia, couldn't imagine when his brain cancer came back just under two years ago. >> i think being a nurse, i knew about this disease, and i
some patients precious extra time. anne thompson reports. >> reporter: and this is the glioblastoma? >> that's it. what you see is, in part, the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: glioblastoma is the deadliest form of brain cancer with the median survival rate of 14.6 months. grim news dr. fenstermaker has delivered for a quarter of a century. >> the problem with glioblastoma is that that will eventually come back. >> reporter: microscopic cells that remain even after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. now, early results from an experimental cancer vaccine show the potential to delay recurrence and double life expectancy. it's, what, 14 to 16 months for traditional treatment for glioblastoma. >> that's right. >> reporter: now, you're giving them 28 months, maybe 30 months. what is it like to give someone that extra time? >> this is a very
Ile des Cannes Watershed Model cited in national engineering competition Lafayette firm's cutting-edge model provides more accurate assessment of flood hazards MGN Online and last updated 2021-03-16 11:30:09-04 C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, of Lafayette, has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies' 54th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for developing a new modeling tool to map flood hazard areas within the 52-square-mile Ile des Cannes Watershed for the City of Scott and Lafayette Parish Consolidated Government. After integrating bathymetric and topographic survey data that captured the effects of several decades' worth of channel modification projects, the project team validated the model using data collected from two separate storm events through the use of drone technology and high-water marks on vertical surfaces. The calibrated model was then used to produce base hazard maps for a wide range of major flood events, according to a release by the American Council of Engineering Companies.