Originally published July 8 2005
General Motors Awards $750,000 to scientists for cancer research breakthroughs
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Auto making giant General Motors recently awarded $750,000 to cancer researchers for scientific breakthroughs; a somewhat controversial move, since some feel the company contributes heavily to carcinogens and other air pollutants.
Three world-renowned scientists have been recognized by the General Motors Cancer Research Awards (GMCRA) program for their seminal contributions to cancer research.
* Angela M. Brodie, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., recipient of the Charles F. Kettering Prize.
GM has made cancer research a key philanthropic priority, and this year marks the 27th anniversary of the GMCRA program.
Dr. Brodie has been honored with the Charles F. Kettering Prize for pioneering the development of aromatase inhibitors, a new class of FDA- approved drugs, used widely today to treat breast cancer.
Aromatase inhibitors effectively treat recurrent breast cancer in postmenopausal women by reducing estrogen levels produced by the body, cutting off the fuel that promotes cancer cell growth.
Dr. Wogan has been honored with the Charles S. Mott Prize for his studies related to Aflatoxin, a mold, food contaminant and human carcinogen that acts with the hepatitis virus to cause liver cancer, one of the five leading causes of cancer worldwide.
Wogan purified Aflatoxin, defined its structure and performed important studies establishing the link between Aflatoxin and liver cancer.
Dr. Kornberg has been awarded the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
Prize for his major contributions to groundbreaking work in discovering the inner workings of RNA -- in essence, he has solved one of the largest and most central structures of molecular biology.
In addition, his discoveries help shed light on how a gene can mutate and cause cancer, giving cancer researchers a stronger foundation to do their work.
His studies have centered on the RNA polymerase protein, a pivotal molecule that copies genes from DNA to RNA in a process called transcription, giving the human genome a voice.
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