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September 12, 2007
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Digg it del.icio.us AIM Researchers in S.C. receive $10.7M grant
The Associated Press
The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will bring together scientists who work in biology, pharmacy, public health and medicine, said Frank Berger, director of the university’s Center for Colon Cancer Research.
Individual researchers at the center have received nearly $20 million in grants to examine the origin and development of cancer tumors, DNA’s role in preventing tumor formation, anticancer drugs and new methods of screening and diagnosis. The center was established in 2002 with an $11.2 million grant.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the nation, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease accounts for about 12 percent of all cancer cases in South Carolina and kills about 900 residents a year.
“We have created an environment in which academic discovery flourishes and is shared with a larger community interested in the prevention and treatment of this deadly disease,” said Berger, who is also the lead researcher for the grant.
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