NSU Horizons Spring 2018

16 NSU HORIZONS BY MICHELLE F. SOLOMON Making K yle Boltson has big ambitions for his future as a doctor. “I want to find a cure for cancer,” said the 2017 graduate of the NSU Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, who is now enrolled at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. When he first started his internship at NSU’s Rumbaugh- Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research (RGI), he said the idea of a cancer cure was a dream. “From the time spent at RGI, I know that this is no longer a dream, but a reality,” Boltson said. Much is happening inside the RGI to push that reality forward. The RGI has continually expanded its programs and research, and this history of growth has accelerated since it relocated to NSU’s Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) on the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus in 2016. “We are developing immunotherapeutics [such as nivolumab], new drugs that will boost the body’s immune