An article in Michigan Technology News says Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Research Institute will participate in a multi-million dollar research study involving breast cancer that affects African Americans.
According to excerpts from the story:
Van Andel Research Institute is part of a team of Michigan researchers awarded a $3.5 million grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to study cancer stem cells in an aggressive subtype of breast cancer that disproportionately affects African-Americans.
The study is a collaborative effort between several leading research centers in the state utilizing the expertise of oncologists and basic research scientists, and led by teams from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor, the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, and VARI in Grand Rapids.
Studies show 209,060 Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 40,230 will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
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