CIMB Researcher receives $750,000 Cancer Research Grant
A ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ cancer researcher secured a $750,000, highly competitive Stand up to Cancer Innovative Research Grants.Ìý
Hang "Hubert" Yin, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at CU-Boulder, will receive the grant over a three-year period for his "high-risk, high-reward" research project.Ìý
It's high-risk because it challenges the way cancer science is currently being conducted and high-reward for its potential for saving lives, according to the organization.Ìý
Richard D. Kolodner, chairman of the Stand Up to Cancer grants review committee, said in a news release that the group asked young researchers to step outside of their comfort zones in their research.
"If these Hang "Hubert" Yin (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½)
projects come to fruition, some of the ideas could be game-changers in cancer research," he said.Ìý
Yin, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at CU and a researcher with the CU Cancer Center, competed against more than 400 U.S. scientists to win one of the 13 grants.Ìý
His project will focus on the Epstein-Barr virus, which benignly infects nine out of 10 people. But, it's also at play in various types of lymphomas, including post-transplant or AIDS-related lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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