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November 20, 2019

Nina Garcia Honored At Basser Center Gala For Cancer Research

After a public preventative double mastectomy earlier this year, ELLE’s own Editor-in-Chief Nina Garcia accepted an honor “not for myself, but for all of the women who are not as fortunate as I am, the women who didn’t have access to genetic counseling, insurance, or a support system…This is for my sisters everywhere.”A video played in Spanish of the Project Runway judge emphasizing the new LATINX x BRCA initiative Basser started this year to educate the Latinx community about BRCA-related cancers. According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women, who are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage cancers.

November 20, 2019

Blackstone Leaders Ignore Politics for a Night to End Cancer

The Basser Jean Bash raised more than $8.5 million for BRCA research. Jon and Mindy Gray founded the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania seven years ago to focus on the gene mutations that increase risk for breast, ovarian and other BRCA-related cancers. The Grays have given $55 million, and Blackstone colleagues have chipped in more, to fund research that has led to FDA-approved therapies prolonging life and pay for genetic counseling that has helped families navigate medical decisions.

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November 19, 2019

Event in Manhattan raises over $8.5 million for research on BRCA-related cancers

An event in Lower Manhattan Monday night raised more than $8.5 million for research on BRCA-related cancers.  Eyewitness News reporter and cancer survivor Stacey Sager proudly took part in the Basser Jean Bash at Cipriani Wall Street.  The event raised money for The Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center which is making great progress in the fight against the genetic mutations that cause some breast and ovarian cancers.  

November 19, 2019

Basser Center takes aim at BRCA

Twenty-five years after the discovery of genetic mutations that dramatically increase cancer risk, Penn Medicine’s Basser Center for BRCA is building scientific knowledge alongside public awareness about BRCA-related cancers.

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The Gene, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Color Genomics Wants to ‘Democratize’ Your DNA, Forbes

The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness, by Darren Walker- Ford Foundation

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Basser Center Monthly Seminar Series

Teens Take the Met!

Sixth Annual Basser Center Scientific Symposium

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