Final+Thoughts

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After doing this project on pancreatic cancer and its treatment by virus vector, I got many ideas and thoughts. First of all, I thought it was very unfortunate that pancreatic cancer, being the fourth largest cause of cancer related deaths, get the lowest amount of donations and funds out of the major cancers. You probobly have seen the pink breast cancer ribbon in various places, but have you ever seen the purple pancreatic cancer ribbon? Even if you have, you probobly do not see it often. So I asked my expert, Dr. Yamamoto why this is, and he said it is partly because by advertising breast cancer funds on grocery items, the women, who grocery shop more than the men, see these and donate to that foundation. This of course is just part of it, but I think it is very unfortunate that pancreatic cancer has little funds. There are also less researchers on pancreatic cancer, and in one of the videos I posted, one of the pancreatic cancer survivors said that he could ask a researcher which parent they lost, and most of the time, it would make sense to the researcher. In two videos I watched on patients, Randy Pausch, a famous patient that gave speeches and lectures at Carnegie Mellon, was talking about his life and challenges he is facing, and said, "Researchers can do miraculous things, but only when they are given the things to do it." I thought this was very wise and intelligent, but at the end of the second video, it said the same exact thing, except for in quotes, and at the bottom, it said Randy Pausch lost the fight to cancer on July 2008. I found this very shocking and saddening, because in one biography, he was living and talking, but in another, he was quoted. Lastly, I thank you for looking at my project, and if you find anyone with a purple ribbon of the pancreatic cancer foundation, please praise them, encourage them, and possibly even donate towards the research and treatments of pancreatic cancer.



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