{"id":5153,"date":"2019-01-21T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T12:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2019-01-21T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:15:18","slug":"first-emma-hannigan-cancer-research-fellowship-is-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5153","title":{"rendered":"First Emma Hannigan Cancer Research Fellowship is Awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Funds raised for Breast Cancer Ireland since author Emma Hannigan passed away from the disease have resulted in the funding of a research fellowship.<\/p>\n

The charity has given an update on developments in research to fight the disease.<\/p>\n

It found that 30 percent of women diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Ireland every year are under the age of 50.<\/p>\n

The Emma Hannigan Fellowship was awarded to Damir Vareslija who says meeting cancer patients empowers him to make a difference.<\/p>\n

“A lot of times scientists are hidden away in a lab and you might be working on this cancer, that cancer, but you never quite connect the dots of who you’re working for and what you’re working for,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re fortunate enough, we work directly on patient samples for patients.”<\/p>\n

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