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Cancer Research Wales celebrates
40th Anniversary by
funding Wales Cancer Bank
Cancer Research Wales (CRW) has
become the first charity to part fund the Wales
Cancer Bank (WCB) through a generous research
grant released as part of CRW's 40 th Anniversary
celebrations. The First Minister for Wales , The
Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan was present at the ceremony
in July 2006 when Dr Patrizia Hodge, Chairman
of CRW presented the cheque to Professor Malcolm
Mason, Director of WCB.
L to R :Dr Patrizia Hodge, First Minister
Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan, Professor Malcolm Mason
and Mrs Shelagh Lawrence at the cheque presentation
in July 2006
The money will be used to ensure the clinical
data necessary for WCB to link with outcome information
is entered onto the all Wales Cancer information
database (CanISC) and will also allow WCB to develop
the database to include digital images. In order
to supply researchers with a variety of biomaterials,
nucleic acids will be extracted from the tissue
and blood samples and the processing and associated
costs will also be covered by this grant.
The grant starts in September 2006
and will run for five years. WCB would like to
thank CRW and all its supporters for this funding.
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