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Cancer Vaccines
Governor Rendell Announces $17 Million Investment to Promote Health Research
April 10th, 2007
Governor Edward G. Rendell today said Pennsylvania researchers will be able to better understand the causes of colorectal cancer, help reduce the need for one type of annual influenza vaccination campaign, and study how genes interact to cause lung cancer with the investment of four grants totaling nearly $17 million. The grants will be awarded from Pennsylvania's share of the national tobacco settlement for 2006-07. "Health research in vaccine development plays a very important role in our efforts to protect our citizens from the significant threats posed by infectious diseases -- such as SARS and avian influenza," the Governor said. "The research...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-04-10)
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