University of Arizona’s Schroeder Lab is studying metastatic breast cancer and how to treat it. But as federal research grants become more scarce under the Trump administration, one researcher is getting funding from an unconventional source.
The lab was already struggling to secure enough money before the Trump administration made cuts to science funding.
Researchers there have developed what they say looks like a promising therapy to treat a type of breast cancer. But researcher Danielle DiFranco says the applicant pool for NIH grants is saturated.
“And then the new proposed budget for next year is about half of what this previous year's budget was, so that will make it extremely more competitive," DiFranco said.
So last month, after much discussion, DiFranco’s mom created a GoFundMe page to benefit the lab. It has raised more than $5,000 so far. Though, DiFranco says, getting research out of a pre-clinical setting into human trials can cost about $1 million.
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