Breast cancer vaccine researcher Vincent Tuohy gets $1 million gift for endowed chair at Cleveland Clinic

Hello family & friends, 

Our hard work is paying off!  A philanthropist couple; 
Mr. & Mrs. Mort November just donated 1 million dollars in an endowment fund on behalf of Dr. Vincent Tuohy’s vaccine to eradicate breast cancer.  We’ve already raised about $800K between 5-6 organizations.  We needed 1.8M to make the vaccine and we're still in need of another million to initiate Phase 1 (the injection into 17-20 women).  If Phase 1 is successful, we move onto Phase 2 (50-100 patients), Phase 3 (up to 3000 patients), and finally FDA approval! 

An awards ceremony was held this evening at the Cleveland Clinic in honor of Dr. Tuohy and the recognition of his new title "Mort and Iris November Distinguished Chair in Innovative Breast Cancer Research. I had the great honor and privilege of meeting Mr. & Mrs. November and I thanked them (from all of us) for supporting Dr. Tuohy's science and for giving us hope that our children will never face the words "you have breast cancer"! 

As a person living with an incurable form of breast cancer (NED), No Evidence of Disease…..……I have tears flowing down my face.  We’re on our way!

 http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/11/breast_cancer_vaccine_research.html

Ann Romney Makes Strides for Breast Cancer

Ann Romney will literally be taking large strides toward defeating breast cancer on Saturday morning, when  she’ll walk in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k in Orlando, Fla. A representative of the American Cancer Society has confirmed to ABC News that Mrs. Romney is registered to participate in the walk. (Husband Mitt is not expected to walk alongside her.) She will join fellow survivors and the community at Lake Eola Park. Romney herself has battled with breast cancer; she was diagnosed with the illness in January 2009.
“I had ductal carcinoma, which is DCIS,” Romney said in an interview with America’s Radio News. “Stage zero, which meant, for me, I had surgery, and I had radiation, but I did not have to do chemo because it was a stage zero. So again, it was early diagnosis that prevented me from having to have chemotherapy.” Ann Romney, who has had a long family history with the disease, says that cancer is a “serious business.” “I lost my mother from ovarian cancer, I lost my grandmother from ovarian cancer, I lost my great-grandmother from breast cancer, so for me, you know, it’s been a long line of cancer,” Romney admitted. “Women that have dealt with cancer in their lives, and I unfortunately saw my grandmother die from ovarian and I took care [of] and loved my mother in her death, with her battle with ovarian cancer. So cancer is a serious business.”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Mrs. Romney was seen just last week supporting the cause by wearing a bright pink Oscar de la Renta dress to the second presidential debate. A spokeswoman for Mrs. Romney said she “has been very involved with breast cancer awareness this month by visiting hospitals and meeting with patients and survivors. She’s worn lots of pink as a result!”