Nonprofit Gives $800,000 for Melanoma Research in 2009

"The quality of the research proposals we received this year was unparalleled and created a pool of highly competitive applications," said Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., co-chair of the MRF's Scientific Advisory Committee and leader of the Oncogenesis Program at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. "The MRF awards the grants to applicants with the best combination of scientific merit, appropriately skilled researchers, the greatest likelihood for success and the highest benefit for the melanoma patient community."