The expert human genetics wins 2014 World price Basser for research related BRCA - -
Twenty years after the first identification of the BRCA1 gene, the University of Pennsylvania Basser Research Center for BRCA will honor the geneticist credited with its founding with the second annual World Basser price. The prize will be awarded to the researcher human genetics and expert Mary-Claire King, PhD, American Cancer Society genetic research professor of medicine at the University of Washington. King was a pioneer in the development of experimental tools of genomics and bioinformatics to study common complex human diseases and health conditions.
The Global Price Basser provides $ 0,000 to support without restriction innovative winner BRCA1 / 2 related research efforts. As part of the award, the king will give the opening speech at the annual Basser Research Center for BRCA Symposium scheduled for May 11 to 12, 2015, when she will receive the Basser Trophy and $ 10,000 in personal money.
"We are very pleased to honor the achievements of Martin Luther King in the BRCA-related research, especially as this year marks twenty years since the initial cloning of the BRCA1 gene," said Susan Domchek, MD, executive director of the Basser research Center and professor of medicine in Basser Penn Abramson cancer Center. "the identification of BRCA1 was the first crucial step in the work to improve outcomes for people with hereditary predisposition to breast cancer . Support research projects are also devoted to the prevention and treatment of BRCA-related cancer is a primary mission of Basser Centre. "
in 190, Mary-Claire King has shown that a single gene on chromosome 17q21 (she called BRCA1) was responsible for breast and ovarian cancer in many families. Its discovery BRCA1 has revolutionized the study of many other common hereditary diseases current research of Dr. King focuses on the identification and characterization of critical genes -. and their interaction with environmental influences. - that play a role in the development of conditions such as breast cancer and ovarian cancer, schizophrenia, and hearing loss
in 2012, the center Basser was created through a gift of $ 25 million former Penn Jon and Mindy Gray memory sister Mindy gray Faith Basser, who died of ovarian cancer at 44. global Price Basser, marquee component age center, was created by Shari Potter and Leonard Basser Potter to honor a visionary scientist a BRCA1 / 2 conceptually advanced research leading to improvements in clinical care. Professor Alan Ashworth FRS, CEO of the Institute for Research on Cancer in London and head of the Gene Function in team Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at the ICR, was named the first recipient of the Global Basser Price in 2013.
earlier this year, Mindy and Jon gray made an additional donation of $ 5 million grant to launch the program of external research Basser, a single funding program for research projects on cancer translational strong impact to advance the care of people living with BRCA1 and BRCA2. Abramson Cancer Center Penn Medicine will steward the grant of $ 5 million to four research teams that demonstrate the potential for translation into clinical practice. Basser The Centre also provides funding to Penn investigators whose efforts are making progress in research related BRCA. Recipients of the first external financing Basser Research Grant Program, and the third year of funding of the domestic subsidy will be announced in the coming weeks.
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