Innovative Breast Cancer Research Funded By State Taxpayers
Oakland Tribune - Thursday, August 22, 2002 - 10:23:43 AM MST
An Oakland nonprofit group this week announced $15 million in grants to scientists seeking innovative approaches to preventing, treating and curing breast cancer.
Among the recipients are five Bay Area researchers, who received $1.2 million among them from the California Breast Cancer Research Program:
- Dr. Ana Krtolica, a researcher with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, received $448,884 to support her research into how changes in aging breast cancer tissue are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.
- Dr. Barbara Cohn, with the Public Health Institute in Berkeley, was granted $86,175 to explore how the placenta, which produces hormones, may be linked to racial differences in breast cancer risk.
- Dr. Stefanie Jeffrey, with Stanford University, and Dr. Thea Tlsty, with the University of California, San Francisco were awarded $642,497 to continue their research into the effect of non-cancerous cells in the development of breast cancer.
- Dr. Christine Case Lo with UCSF received $50,572 to investigate ways to reduce the toxicity and increase the efficiency of chemotherapy.
"Revolutionary research is critical" in the quest to reduce the incidence of the disease, said Dr. Marion Kavanaugh-Lynch, director of the California Breast Cancer Research Program.
The organization receives funds from the tobacco tax, the voluntary tax check-off of personal income tax forms, and individual contributions.
