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UMich Receives $17.5M Funding for Cancer Research

Posted by Laura Braden on Thu, Jun 23, 2016

This $17.5 million donation will establish the Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery within the UMich Cancer Center.

The Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is one of only 45 comprehensive cancer centers in the United States, and provides cutting-edge cancer research. Researchers from 48 different university departments and 9 schools work together in the cancer center to find answers to some of the toughest questions that scientists face when learning about cancer. The university and Cancer Center will soon be expanding their research capabilities thanks to a generous $17.5 million donation from philanthropists Madeline and Sydney Forbes

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