Where your money goes
To continue making breakthroughs we need to fund the best scientists to carry out the best research. Their work will save lives and change futures for the 48,000 women are currently diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
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World-class scientists
4 Principle Scientists - £1,300,000
Scientists who are eminent in their field, and internationally acclaimed. They will provide guidance and direction to their teams.
8 Researchers - £2,000,000
Their skills and insight mean they represent the future of breast cancer research.
3 Technicians - £600,000
Their technical expertise underpins the work of the principal scientists and researchers.
Vital equipment
Tissue Imager - £95,000
Collects high resolution pictures of thousands of breast cancer tissues allowing us to automatically investigate different cell types.
Inverted Microscope - £25,000
Microscope that can visualise living cancer cells so we can monitor different growth behaviours and cell shapes.
Incubators - £5,000
A temperature and gas controlled system where we can grow normal and breast cancer cells for the different experimental models needed for the research projects.
Maurice Watkins, Chair of the Appeal"Through your support I am confident we will not only reach our ambitious target, but that the groundbreaking research it funds will create new, more effective treatments for the tens of thousands of women diagnosed each year."
