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$7.6 million gift launches new lung cancer research initiative at U-M

A $7.6 million gift from Judith L. Tam and the Richard Tam Foundation has launched an accelerated research initiative at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center to understand why alterations in the ALK gene causes lung cancer to become resistant to standard therapy over time. The goal is to identify biological pathways that can be targeted with new approaches to treatment.