Local group donates to OSU-CHS cancer research
TULSA, Okla. — Brad Walker, associate vice-president for development at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, announces a $6,000 grant from CancerSucks.com to purchase special equipment to aid in the study of liver cancer.
The equipment will be used in cancer research conducted by Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunology. The grant assists with the $20,000 purchase cost of a StepOne Real-Time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) system to study gene expression of molecules in the development of liver cancer.
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Mission Statement: “Provide a forum for those who have lost loved ones to cancer while aggressively raising money to find a cure. No one should have to go through what millions of cancer victims, survivors and those left behind have endured.”
