Duke receives $2 million for pediatric tumor research

From staff reports
The University received a $2 million gift from the Rory David Deutsch Foundation, an Illinois-based philanthropy. The gift will support pediatric tumor research at the University's Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Darell Bigner, Edwin L. Jones and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor of Pathology, said the gift will support important medical research.

The Deutsch family's generosity win foster collaboration with Duke's new genome institute and help our investigators identify new targets for brain tumor therapies," Bigner said.

The charity was created by the friends and family of Rory Deutsch, a 7-year-old who died of a brain stem glioma three years ago.

"The Deutsch family and the foundation that honors Rory David Deutsch have made a very important contribution to the research that will allow medical science to deal more effectively with this condition," said President Nan Keohane in a statement. "It is a gift that will make life better for many, and we are indeed grateful for it.