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MANHATTAN — Cancer 1xbet best casino website at Kansas State University has gotten a large boost from the university's Johnson Cancer 1xbet best casino website Center through the help of private donors.
"Saving lives through cancer 1xbet best casino website is expensive," said Rob Denell, Johnson Cancer 1xbet best casino website Center director and university distinguished professor of biology. "And unlike cancer treatment providers who can charge fees to cover their costs, researchers are constantly competing for funds to support their work, which leads to such treatments."
With the funds that are raised through private donations, the cancer 1xbet best casino website center provides Kansas State University faculty and students hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in competitive awards to support innovative cancer 1xbet best casino website , equipment purchases, mentoring of student researchers and more.
In fiscal year 2016, the cancer 1xbet best casino website center's awards totaled 2,145. The Innovative 1xbet best casino website Award program, the center's largest, provided 6,788 to faculty for studies into such things as anti-cancer properties of flavonoids, toxicity of a leukemia drug, self-management of ovarian cancer using a smartphone-based 3-D chip, and characterization of the Kibra tumor suppressor protein.
"We are grateful to our many allies helping us conquer cancer, and pleased to redistribute their gifts to our most promising faculty and student researchers," Denell said. "Our dollars make a difference, often being leveraged into large extramural grants."
University interim President Gen. Richard Myers sees great potential in the cancer 1xbet best casino website center's work.
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Kansas State University's Johnson Cancer 1xbet best casino website Center currently has 100 affiliated faculty researchers conducting multidisciplinary cancer 1xbet best casino website in 18 departments of five colleges. More information about the center is at cancer.k-state.edu.
