Press Releases
Hope Foundation Funds More Cancer Research
Monday March 5th 2007
The fifth Allison Wilson Memorial Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Marina Kriajevska of the Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine at the University of Leicester. The grant is for £15,000. Dr Kriajevska will be investigating why the molecule E-cadherin is absent in the most aggressive forms of bladder cancer cells. Dr Kriajevska said: “The leading causes of death in cancer patients are not the primary tumours but their spread to other parts of the body. An important event in tumour progression is the loss of E-cadherin. This grant from the Hope Foundation will help us to understand why this molecule is inhibited in bladder cancer.” The Hope Foundation’s first Nursing fellowship has been awarded to Karen Lord, a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, who will be investigating how ethnically diverse populations react to a diagnosis of cancer. The award is for £70,000. Miss Lord said: “A pilot study has found a definite difference in coping styles in British cancer patients according to ethnicity. The findings of this study should lead to improvements in support services for Asian patients suffering from Cancer. ” Wendi Stevens, co-ordinator of the Hope Foundation, said: “These project were the clear choices for the winners of the Hope Foundation Fellowships and we look forward to seeing the results. All of the fellowships are paid for entirely through donations from the general public.”
