Lions Kids Cancer Genome Project

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LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PROVIDING EXCELLENT SUPPORT TO AUSTRALIANS

Announcing $4 million gift to provide genome sequencing to hundreds of Aussie kids with cancer Landmark Lions project to provide genome sequencing to hundreds of Aussie kids with cancer.

Hundreds of Australian children with high-risk cancer will have access to new genome sequencing technologies that could guide their treatment, following the announcement recently of substantial Lions Club funding for the Lions Kids Cancer Genome Project

The Project, which was announced by Dr Joe Collins at the Lions Australia 2016 National Convention in Echuca, Victoria, is supported by the Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) and by the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation (ALCCRF). Together, the two organisations are contributing AU$3.2 million – one of the largest single philanthropic gifts for children’s cancer in Australia

Please support LCIF and the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation (ALCCRF) Lions creating miracles through service. Visit the website http://www.alccrf.lions

More details: http://www.alccrf.lions