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Cancer Therapy And Research Center Gets $5.8 Million

Wendy Rigby
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Texas Public Radio
The Cancer Therapy and Research Center is part of the UT Health Science Center.

The Cancer Therapy and Research Center has received $5.8 million in new funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
 
That money will be used for training post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, as well as breast cancer and lymphoma research projects.
 
The CTRC is part of the University of Texas Health Science Centerand has recently announced an affiliation with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston beginning in 2017.

Wendy Rigby is a San Antonio native who has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years. She spent two decades at KENS-TV covering health and medical news. Now, she brings her considerable background, experience and passion to Texas Public Radio.