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PCF To: Wendy Rhoades

Pancreatic Cancer Foundation $25 million Research Initiative Today at 10:29 PM

Pancreatic Cancer Foundation $25 million Research initiative due to a donation of Bobby Axelrod

Bobby Axelrod funds $25 million initiative for The Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research

New York, NY -- The Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research is pleased to announce a new $25 million research initiative, thanks to the generous funding of Bobby Axelrod, head of Axe Capital. The Foundation announced the fundraising round for this initiative last month, and had raised $5 million of the total $30 million goal.

President of the Foundation, Dr. Zhang Lei, said, “Bobby Axelrod stepped in and closed the gap so that we’d reach our goal months sooner and be able to commence research. The current survival rate for pancreatic cancer is less than 9%, so every single moment counts in trying to prolong the lives of patients and find a cure.”

The research initiative is expected to focus on sharpening molecular profiling, targeted therapies, and most importantly, forced autophagy -- a term that means “self-eating.” Autophagy is one of multiple ways that cancer cells get their fuel.

Foundation researchers posit that by introducing a drug that forces cancer cells to rely on autophagy and then introducing a second drug that renders autophagy ineffective could weaken the cells considerably and halt tumor growth.

The tumor cells most often associated with pancreatic cancer tend to rely primarily on glycolysis for fuel. There are many glycolysis inhibitors on the market that could cripple this pathway and force the cells to rely on autophagy.

The Foundation’s research initiative would be partially focused on developing more effective autophagy inhibitors for the second part of this one-two punch experimental treatment. Should both inhibitors work optimally, the cancer cells would be more susceptible to radiation and chemotherapy. This could improve prognoses and give patients considerably more time to live.

Dr. Zhang Lei is optimistic about what the Foundation could achieve with this research initiative.

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I was tagged by @hermoingoboingo and I’m bored so leT’S DO THIS

Rules: answer these 82 questions and tag 20 people. Last: 1. drink? coffee 2. phone call? I think I answered the phone for an insurance company trying to get to my parents- my life is pretty wild 3. text message? my mom told me to hurry up 4. song you listened to? the ending song in flop stoppers (the one about how it’s just a movie) because I love that song and it gets stuck in my head 5. time you cried? last night because my eyes do this thing where they start hurting randomly and then I tear up because what else can I do my eyes hurt

Have you ever: 6. dated someone twice? nope 7. kissed someone and regretted it? nope 8. been cheated on? nope 9. lost someone special? if this is still about relationship stuff, no I’ve never been in a relationship and I don’t want to be in one so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 10. gotten drunk and thrown up? nope

Favourite colors: 11. teal 12. mint green or whatever it’s called 13. pastel pink

In the last year have you: 14. made new friends? internet friends!! and I became closer with people this year 15. fallen out of love? nah 16. laughed until you cried? all the time- I laugh and cry easily 17. found out someone was talking about you? not that I can remember, but I always assume everyone hates me so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 18. met someone who changed you? doesn’t every person you meet change you, even if it’s in small ways? 19. found out who your friends are? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 20. kissed someone on your facebook list? nope

General: 21. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life? all of them (except Monica, but we’ve been friends for over 2 years so I’m pretty sure she’s not secretly a 50 year old man friend-cat fishing me) 22. do you have any pets? yeah! a cat and a horse 23. do you want to change your name? yup(: 24. what did you do for your last birthday? I had dance pictures and I cried when everyone in the studio signed a card for me that they made and I still tear up thinking about it because it meant so much that they thought of me because I remember I wasn’t having a great day 25. what time did you wake up? 1:30 pm lol 26. what were you doing at midnight last night? listening to the can 2 can podcast with Lauren Lopez or talking to the starkid gc 27. name something you can’t wait for? college to start (9 days!!) 28. when was the last time you saw your mom? last night when she said goodnight 29. what are you listening to right now? I’m in the living room and my siblings are watching a movie that I’m not paying attention to 30. have you ever talked to a person named tom? yeah 31. something that is getting on your nerves? certain people. crappy internet. myself. the usual things 32. most visited website? Tumblr or YouTube. I’ve also been on twitter a lot lately just because that’s where the starkid gc is 33. hair colour? I like to tell myself it’s blond, but it’s probably brown 34. long or short hair? somewhere in the middle. I kind of miss my long hair but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I also miss my short hair- this mid length doesn’t look good on me I feel like 35. do you have a crush on someone? nah 36. what do you like about yourself? this is going to sound so pitiful but… I genuinely can’t think of something. 37. piercings? I don’t even have pierced ears- I’m a baby when it comes to any pain, even if it’s just potential 38. bloodtype? I don’t know 39. nickname? Em/Emma 40. relationship status? single 41. zodiac? Capricorn 42. pronouns? whom? 43. favourite tv show? I don’t know if I have one. I don’t really watch tv… I watch an embarrassing amount of say yes to the dress, but I wouldn’t say that’s my favorite 44. tattoos? none 45. right or left handed? left 46. surgery? just a tiny one 47. sport? does dance count as a sport? I do ballet, pointe, and tap 48. vacation? Disney because I’m a child 49. pair of trainers? converses because I’m basic 50. eating: nothing right now 51. drinking: coffee 52. i’m about to: watch spies are forever or holy musical b@man- I haven’t decided which yet 53. waiting for: college 54. want: happiness, fulfillment, self worth, friends 55. get married? probably not 56. career? author or editor at a publishing company

Which is better 57. hugs or kisses? neither- I hate being touched 58. lips or eyes? eyes 59. shorter or taller? whatever 60. older or younger? I don’t care about any of these questions in this section 61. nice arms or nice stomach? stomach I guess (but nice stomach is subjective) 62. hook up or relationship? I don’t want either 63. troublemaker or hesitant? hesitant because I’m hesitant… or troublemaker so I actually do something… I don’t care… these questions are irrelevant to my life…

have you ever: 64. kissed a stranger? no 65. drank hard liquor? no- the closest I’ve come to any alcohol was when I was a busser and I had to pour out glasses of it that people didn’t drink lol 66. lost glasses/contacts? no, although I’ve broken some 67. turned someone down? yeah in like sixth grade, lol (also the only time I’ve ever been asked out in my life) 68. had sex on the first date? no 69. broken someones heart? no one should ever be heartbroken over me lol 70. had your heart broken? nah 71. been arrested? no 72. cried when someone died? yeah 73. fallen for a friend? nah

Do you believe in: 74. yourself? NOPE 75. miracles? happy coincidences 76. love at first sight? the real world isn’t a Disney movie 77. santa? I’m 18 years old buddy 78. kiss on the first date? I really don’t care 79. angels? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

other: 80. current best friend’s name: Alaina (I hope you consider me your best friend or else this is awkward) 81. eye color: green 82. favorite movie: I don’t know… I like the dark knight… Wonder Woman was great… so was Spider-Man: homecoming… and I love the original beauty and the beast… this is a hard question

I’m not tagging anyone because I’m lazy but the sentiment is there