The Huntsman Cancer Institute ( HCI ) is a designated NCI cancer research facility and hospital located on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the only National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center at Intermountain West.
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Overview
The Huntsman Cancer Institute was established with the promise of $ 100 million personal wealth from Jon Huntsman Sr., a philanthropist and entrepreneur. To date, Huntsman has donated more than $ 250 million of his own money since the Huntsman Cancer Institute was founded. Mary Beckerle is the chief executive and director of HCI.
In November 2013, Huntsman donated an additional $ 50 million for the construction of a new research building dedicated to researching cancer and childhood cancer that occurs within the family. The Primary Child and Family Research Center opens in 2017.
In 2015, the National Cancer Institute provides HCI Comprehensive Cancer Center status.
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Research
Scientists at the institute aim to understand cancer at the molecular and genetic level and seek to find new and more effective ways to treat the disease. Treatment approaches based on genetic knowledge allow for more targeted individualized cancer therapy.
Research program
The center's research is supported by the Grant's Support Center for Cancer from the National Cancer Institute, which subsidizes cancer research conducted by more than 130 members of the Cancer Center.
References
External links
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
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