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Greetings!
The PMP Research Foundation is excited to share our latest news with you. We have accomplished some great things in 2009 and 2010 and we couldn't have done it without you. We have a lot of exciting fundraising and education events planned for 2011. We are grateful for your continued support, and hope to see you at some of our upcoming events!
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2010 Grant Recipients Announced
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PMPRF is proud to announce the three recipients of our 2010 $50,000 two-year grants:
"Treating PMP Using Small Molecule Inhibitors of Gel-forming Mucin Productions" Zongsheng Guo, Ph.D. Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
"MicroRNA Profiling of Clinically Different Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Phenotypes" Brendan Moran, MD, FRCS; Alex Mirnezami, PhD, FRCS, National Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Center, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, UK and The Cancer Research UK Center, Southampton General Hospital
Southampton, UK
"Translational Biology of Pseduomyxoma Peritonei" Aaron A. Mansfield, MD; Robert Miller, MD, MS; Julian Molina, MD, PhD; Fernando Quevado, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology and Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
PMP Research Foundation has now funded $300,000 in promising PMP Research in just two short years!
Applications for our 2011 Research Grant program are due in March, 2011.
For more information or to apply, please visit pmpcure.org/research.
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UMass PMP Symposium, May 2011
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 University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMS/UMMHC) and the PMP Research Foundation will host a Symposium on PMP on May 25, 2011 in Worcester, MA. More details to follow at pmpcure.org/events.
PMPRF would like to hold a fundraiser in Worcester, MA in connection with this event. Do you live in the greater Massachusetts area? Interested in volunteering or participating? If so please let us know at info@pmpcure.org.
Check back at pmpcure.org/events for more information on both the symposium and fundraiser.
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| Fundraising Events in 2011 | 
PMP Cancer Walk - Philadelphia, PA area, Sunday, June 19, 2011. More to come at pmpcure.org/events.
Summer Scurry - Cleveland, OH area, Saturday, August 13, 2011. More to come at pmpcure.org/events.
Volunteers needed for fundraising events and education program. Visit pmpcure.org/volunteer for more information.
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| Report from Uppsala | The 7th International Workshop on Peritoneal Surface Malignancy took place September 8-10, 2010 in Uppsala, Sweden.
Jerry Lewandowski, PMPRF Board Member and Research Committee Co-Chair, attended as a representive of the PMP Research Foundation. You can read Jerry's Uppsala report at pmpcure.org/blog. |
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Thank you for supporting the PMP Research Foundation. We look forward to your continued support in 2011 and hope to see you at some of our upcoming events!
Sincerely,
The PMP Research Foundation
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Jessie's Miracle On Sale Now
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Dr. Thomas McAvoy's moving personal narrative JESSIE'S MIRACLE is part love story, part medical and scientific detective puzzler, and part philosophical treatise addressing the question, "Why would a benign God allow fatal diseases and other evils to exist?" Now available at pmpcure.org/store.
List Price: $18.00
Our Price: $9.50
S & H: $3.00
Receive a complementary copy of Jessie's Miracle by donating $50+ to the PMP Research Foundation. Donate now at pmpcure.org/donate.
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A Patient's Perspective
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Amani Albedah gives a patient's perspective of CRS and HIPEC at the 7th International Workshop on Peritoneal Surface Malignancy in Uppsala, Sweden, September 8 - 10th, 2010.
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