The Johnson Cancer Research Center provided almost 600 thousand dollars for cancer research and education in fiscal year 2020.
According to JCRC director Sherry Fleming, Kansas State University researchers rely heavily on private contributions such as these to carry out studies, train students, obtain laboratory equipment and more.
Of the nearly 600 thousand dollars in contributions, over 200 thousand went towards supporting faculty-lead studies in areas such as breast cancer metastasis, immuno-therapy against lung cancer and inhibiting collective tumor invasion, almost 250 thousand went to undergraduate and graduate students, 75 thousand went towards equipment purchases and 50 thousand went to the Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Almost 100 faculty members from 20 departments carry out multidisciplinary cancer research through the Johson Cancer Research Center.
