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 Wendy
Scott Keeney
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The biomedical advances you read about each month happen
because of scientific dedication and top-notch technology – and because
of the generous support of individuals like you. Please
make your tax-deductible holiday gift to The Scripps Research Institute
today.
Yours truly,
Wendy Scott Keeney
Vice President of Philanthropy, Scripps Research
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Focus On:
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 Associate
Professor Brunhilde Felding-Habermann
Photo
by Dana Neibert.
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New hope in the fight against
brain cancer
As any cancer survivor knows: you may win a battle against cancer, but
you can never be sure that the war is really over. That's because
cancer has a frightening tendency to spread from the original tumor to
other organs. Even when a bout with cancer looks like it has been won,
there's always the looming threat that it will rear its head in another
part of the survivor's body.
This is the story of as much as 40% of all brain cancers. But
a new finding from Scripps Research investigator Brunhilde
Felding-Habermann offers new hope for stopping the growth of brain
tumors.
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Milestones in Medical Science:
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 Retinal
pigment epithelial cells
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Better Vision through Chemistry
Mom always said eating your carrots would improve your vision, but you
were never quite sure.
When Associate Professor Anne Hanneken advises patients with macular
degeneration, she needs to know the chemistry – not the myth – behind
vision. So when a large study came out in 2001 showing that specific
vitamins and minerals could prevent the progression of macular
degeneration, it caught her eye.
Wanting to know more, Hanneken undertook a study of her own, which
resulted not just in diet recommendations, but also a
new understanding of the chemistry behind vision.
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Other News:
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Taking it to the next level
Each Scripps Research investigator shares a single, noble goal:
improving scientific understanding of the human body and seeking
therapies that can treat and prevent what ails it.
Scripps Research is a place where today's brightest scientific minds
can chase that goal by doing what they do best: experimenting. And when
those experiments result in big discoveries – as they frequently do at
Scripps Research – our
investigators often take a big leap in order to speed their lab
discovery to bedside application by launching new biotech companies.
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Our researchers are among the most prolific and
entrepreneurial in the world. Each year they generate more than 200
invention disclosures, the first step toward applying for a patent.
That's nearly one disclosure per faculty member per year.
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What are you thankful for?
If
you count health as one of the things you're most thankful for this
year, consider making a gift in support of tomorrow's medical
advances. A tax-deductible
donation to Scripps Research today translates into tomorrow's
saved lives.
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Stock gifts: the smart
philanthropic choice
Charitable giving decisions can be especially tough in
a turbulent economy... but
the benefits of giving stocks and mutual funds are clear.
When you give appreciated shares that you've owned for a year or more,
you can claim a deduction for the stock's full market value,
regardless of the shares' original value. Plus, you avoid paying
capital gains taxes on the appreciated value.
Gifts of depreciated stock have other advantages: you can claim a
deduction for the gift and also deduct the stock's decrease from the
value of your income.
Don't forget to make your gift by December 31 for 2009 tax
benefits!
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