KU Med gets $100K for ovarian cancer research
The emergency department at the University of Kansas Hospital. Through the end of September, the hospital reported 38 assaults against nurses and other employees this year.
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Posted: 11/28/2012
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By: Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - The University of Kansas Medical Center has received a $100,000 grant for ovarian cancer research.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/TjMnWD ) the grant is one of 13 announced this month from the Mary Kay Foundation. The foundation for the cosmetics company donated a total of $1.3 million to researchers around the country working on cancers that affect women.
The University of Kansas Medical Center said in a release it will use the grant to help develop better technology for detecting and treating early-stage ovarian cancer.
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