Posted on May 11: McMaster cancer research awarded $718,500

McMaster University researchers will be investigating ways of preventing cancer cells from spreading thanks to awards totalling $718,500 from the Canadian Cancer Society.

Andre Bedard, an associate professor of biology, received $370,500 to study a protein called menin which acts as a tumour suppressor in humans.

Janusz Rak, an assistant professor in the department of medical oncology, has been awarded $348,000 to study angiogenesis, a process in which the proliferation of a network of blood vessels supplies continuous nutrients to cancer cells. Rak will study how to stop cancer cells from stimulating angiogenesis.

Grants to the Hamilton researchers are among 66 from the Canadian Cancer Society to researchers across Canada. This year, the society will invest almost $47 million in cancer research of which $16.5 million has been awarded to Ontario researchers.

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McMaster University researchers will be investigating ways of preventing cancer cells from spreading thanks to awards totalling $718,500 from the Canadian Cancer Society.<p><br />
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<a href="http://sciwebserver.science.mcmaster.ca/biology/faculty/bedard/bedard.htm">Andre Bedard</a>, an associate professor of biology, received $370,500 to study a protein called menin which acts as a tumour suppressor in humans.<p><br />
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<a href="http://prelude.mcmaster.ca/grad/medsci/research/faculty/rak.htm">Janusz Rak</a>, an assistant professor in the department of medical oncology, has been awarded $348,000 to study angiogenesis, a process in which the proliferation of a network of blood vessels supplies continuous nutrients to cancer cells. Rak will study how to stop cancer cells from stimulating angiogenesis.<p><br />
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Grants to the Hamilton researchers are among 66 from the Canadian Cancer Society to researchers across Canada. This year, the society will invest almost $47 million in cancer research of which $16.5 million has been awarded to Ontario researchers.<p><br />
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<a href="http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=1014656316146&c=Article&cid=1084140609568">Click here</a> to read the story in <i>The Hamilton Spectator</i>.<p><br />
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