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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Millions rely on this help to pay their bills during extreme cold and heat surges -
After a recent report found that Arizona’s SNAP participation numbers have dropped by roughly 47%, the question is: Why? -
The plan would consolidate research leadership — currently dispersed across the country — in Fort Collins, Colo., while closing laboratories in Montana, Utah and Nevada. -
The study says the Arizona Department of Economic Security shows a 47% decrease — a reduction of more than 400,000, including 180,000 children. Arizona had fewer than 490,000 SNAP recipients as of February. -
Since becoming President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent a lot of time in Arizona. His latest stop in the Valley came on Wednesday while visiting the Gila River Indian Community.
