Causes: Cancer, Cancer Research, Health

Mission: Basic science discoveries lead to drugs for treating human disease only after clinical trials define dosages/schedules/possible toxicities and show efficacy. Such clinical trials are expensive and are typically conducted by pharmaceutical companies who look for commercial potential in order to justify the costs involved. Therefore, potential therapies with scientific merit but uncertain financial return remain uninvestigated. GlobalCures Inc. (www. global-cures. org) was recently established as a non-profit medical research organization to fill this gap, with a focus on cancer therapies.

Programs: Ongoing updates to database of promising therapies for cancer. Collaboration with other organizations with similar goals (anti-cancer fund, cures within reach) clinical trial protocol development for early stage lung cancer. Presentations at research and educational conferences, help patients find promising therapies.