2010 Annual Report - Cancer Research Center

This has been another significant year of research
at CRC! Thank you, generous supporters!!! You are,
indeed, an important factor in this progress.
As reviewed elsewhere in this Annual Report,
we have genetically engineered bacterial organisms
so that they destroy tumor cells without harming normal
cells.
We are now in the process of testing the ability
of these genetically engineered bacteria to reduce
tumor size and substantially increase life expectancies
of our mice with prostate cancer. To accomplish
this, we are vigorously seeking the necessary funds
from granting agencies, capital investors and as always,
from our generous donors.
In addition to our in-house research, CRC is
always proud of its student scholarship program. As in the past, our high school and college undergraduate
trainees, with their passion for careers in cancer research, are destined for positions in the best laboratories.
These talented students are now preparing for careers in medical research at MIT, Mount Holyoke, Rice and
UMC. Note their bright faces in the Scholars to Scientists section of this Annual Report.
Thank you so much for your continued confidence in our experiments aimed at reducing cancer
mortality.
With our best wishes for your good health,
Sincerely,
Abraham Eisenstark
Byler Distinguished Professor, Univ. Missouri [emeritus]
Research Director’s Message
Ps. Each of us has lost a family member or friend to cancer. A warm way to remember that person is with a
memorial gift. As an example, I have established the Roma Eisenstark Cancer Research Memorial Fund, to
be used for student scholarships, laboratory assistance, and for support of speakers for the Roma Eisenstark
Memorial Lectureship in Cancer Research, UMC.
Previous Roma Eisenstark memorial lecturers have included Nobel Prize winners Harald Zur Hausen
and Howard Termin. Other speakers were from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Yale, U.Calif.-Berkeley, U.
Chicago, Stanford, Scripps Research Inst., Human Virology, Ludwig Inst.-San Diego, Dana-Farber/Harvard
Cancer Center, and Cancer Genetics Program/NIH.
The speaker for 2010 was Professor Janet Butel, Distinguished Professor, Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Butel’s interest in cancer research started when she was an undergraduate in Dr. Eisenstark’s laboratory.
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