| 词条 | Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation |
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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is a charitable organization dedicated to multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. The MMRF runs as if it were a for-profit business, expecting high returns from the money the organization raises from donors.[1] HistoryMMRF was founded in 1998 by twin sisters Kathy Giusti and Karen Andrews, following Kathy's diagnosis with multiple myeloma. Giusti, a pharmaceutical company executive and Harvard Business School Alum, wanted to encourage researchers to develop treatments for multiple myeloma by using business models rather than academic models of drug development. [1]About The MMRFMMRF is a private funder of multiple myeloma research, having raised over $120 million since its inception to contribute funding to more than 120 laboratories worldwide.[2] MMRF funding contributes to diverse research strategies to yield long-, mid-, and short-term results in an effort to deliver better treatments to patients faster: basic science programs to better understand the disease and identify new druggable targets through genomics and proteomics research; validation programs to prioritize new compounds and combinations based on key targets; and clinical trials conducted at a number of myeloma centers.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} In 2009, the MMRF funded research into 30 compounds at the pre-clinical stage.[3] By 2013 it had raised more than $250 million and its work has helped gain approval of six new drugs to treat the disease.[4] See also
Notes1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33863526_ITM|title=Buying a Cure.(Kathy Giusti's Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation)|last=Groopman|first=Jerome|date=January 28, 2008|publisher=The New Yorker|accessdate=16 December 2009}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS206695+22-Oct-2009+BW20091022|title=Harvard Business School Awards MMRF Founder, CEO with Alumni Achievement Award|publisher=Reuters (Business wire)|accessdate=16 December 2009 | date=2009-10-22}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2006/12/11/focus2.html|title=Foundations move in where VCs fear to tread|last=Duxbury |first=Sarah |date=December 8, 2006|publisher=San Francisco Business Times |accessdate=16 December 2009}} 4. ^[https://www.forbes.com/sites/vannale/2013/12/03/a-mission-with-precision-kathy-giustis-ambitious-quest-to-cure-multiple-myeloma/ "A Mission with Precision"], Forbes Magazine, December 3, 2013 External links
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