Committed to funding research dedicated to eradicating environmental causes of breast cancer

New "Seed The Scientist" Grant! A $15,000 "Seed The Scientist" grant was awarded to Dr. Betina Lew of the University of Rochester, who is looking at the "In utero" exposure to TCDD and the development of breast cancer. TCDD activates the AhR receptor which can lead to later life breast cancer. So if the AhR receptor can be deregulated, perhaps cancer formation in later life can be prevented. The Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation is the first "seed" on this research.

News and Updates November 2008: Art beCAUSE Newsletter with "Seed the Scientist" updates and Photo Galleries from 2008 August 2008: Event News: Save the Date for the Annual Gala "Black & White Party" July 2008: Seed the Scientist News: Regulation of Constitutive and Inducible AHR Signaling: Complex Interactions Involving the AHR Repressor1 July 2008: Event News: Pictures for our Neiman Marcus Event June 2008: Event News: 2nd Annual Cadillac Invitational Golf for the Cause moved to September 8, 2008

Our Mission The mission of the Art beCAUSE Foundation is to fund research dedicated to eradicating the environmental causes of breast cancer.

Why are we important?

This year 250,000 people - mostly women - in the United States will learn that they have breast cancer. Forty thousand will die. They leave grieving, heartbroken families.

Scientists know that breast cancer is associated with exposure to natural estrogens and other hormones. Now we are learning that certain chemicals found in common household products can mimic estrogens. More than 100 of these can make breast cancer cells grow in the lab.

Our strategy: Seed the Scientist

Art beCAUSE is committed to seeking out and funding "Seed the Scientist" research projects that deal with the links between breast cancer and the environment.

Art beCAUSE presents $12,500 to BU School of Medicine PhD. Candidate, Supraja Narasimhan. She also will be co-authoring a manuscript entitled "The role of the aryl hydrdocarbon receptor in breast epithelial cell growth and invasion."

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