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Two faculty members from Sanford Burnham Prebys have been awarded grants from the American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest not-for-profit funding body for scientists studying cancer. Associate Professor Cosimo Commisso, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Svasti Haricharan, Ph.D., each received competitive awards to advance their work on difficult-to-treat cancers.
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Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to American Cancer Society statistics. Research from Sanford Burnham Prebys suggests this disparity may be at least partly driven by molecular differences between the breast cells of Black and white women.