Event Date: October 16th, 2010
Our third annual ride benefiting The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center happened on October 16th, 2010. The event is named Sam’s Jam III after one of the founding members of Riders for the Cure, the Employee Motorcycle group of MD Anderson Cancer Center.
This year’s donations will be funding the Gliogene Project. Gliogene is the largest study ever to be conducted on malignant primary brain tumors, known as gliomas. Researchers aim to screen approximately 15,000 individuals worldwide during the five-year study.
With Gliogene, we may be able to learn more about possible genes related to this disease - and then identify a genetic link among family members of brain tumor patients.
Identifying a genetic link may provide information about the disease - information that one day we hope will lead to improved treatment, as well as prevention strategies.
