Rambam Health Care Campus: Youdim Family Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research

The research must be in one of the following areas:

•Basic Research: understanding processes that cause or prevent cancer at the molecular, cellular or organism level; developing drugs or treatments against cancer

•Pre-clinical Research: not yet approved for human trials, aimed at gaining knowledge in the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of cancer or research in the rehabilitation of cancer patients

•Epidemiological Research: focusing on causes for cancer in whole populations, including molecular epidemiological research and research into interactions of genes with the environment

•Clinical Research: applying research discoveries in humans or human tissue for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer of the individual or of the population

Funding: $20,000.

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