Molly Appeal helps launch gamma irradiator facility at Dalhousie Medical School
Cancer researchers at Dalhousie Medical School are tracing the earliest stages of cancer development with new equipment purchased from the proceeds of the 2005 Molly Appeal. Called a gamma irradiator, the machine is used to damage the DNA of experimental cells, triggering a chain reaction that leads to cancer.
“The gamma irradiator will allow us to decipher this chain of events so we can find ways to stop it,” says Dr. Patrick Lee, Cameron Chair in Basic Cancer Research. “Understanding these events will pave the way to a cure for cancer.”
Drs. Patrick Lee, Paola Marignani, Graham Dellaire and Kirrill Rosen are among the cancer researchers who rely on the new gamma irradiator for their studies of DNA damage and cancer development. Many other researchers, particularly in the fields of immunology and inflammation, also use this Molly Appeal-funded equipment.
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