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Adopt a Lab

Go behind-the-scenes at Dana-Farber.

Uncover the next breakthrough in the fight against cancer.

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Meet the determined men and women behind our scientific discoveries and see why the lights never go out at Dana-Farber. Your one-year gift of $60,000 through Dana-Farber’s Adopt a Lab program will provide one young, promising investigator with the funding necessary to translate innovative research into new, groundbreaking approaches in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. By adopting a lab for one year, you will have regular interactions with one of the Institute’s many talented researchers, and join Dana-Farber’s never-ending pursuit of ideas that could lead to tomorrow’s cures. Be the difference for thousands of patients who walk through our doors each year to bravely battle their diseases — Adopt a Lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

For more information

Contact: Susan Korsmeyer
Phone: (617) 582-8393
E-mail: Adopt_Alab@dfci.harvard.edu

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