Committed to funding research dedicated to eradicating environmental causes of breast cancer

Progress Reports from Studies Funded by Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation Your support leads to real results from real studies. Read progress reports from research studies that Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation has partially funded thanks to your support! "Pollution at Home," Sarah Dunagan, Silent Spring Institute, February 18, 2009. In the groundbreaking Household Exposure Study, Silent Spring Institute researchers collected air and dust samples from 120 homes on Cape Cod, where they have been studying environmental links to breast cancer for over a decade... Read more "The Role of an Environmental Chemical Receptor, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, in Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Invasion," Supraja Narasimhan, February 17, 2009. A substantial and growing body of data indicate that exposure to certain environmental chemicals contributes to the development of breast cancer. For several years our laboratory has focused on the role of common air pollutants and food contaminants in the development of breast cancer...Read more

News and Updates June 2009: Progress Report: Semi-Annual Update from 2008 Seed The Scientist recipient, Betina Lew May 2009: Event News: Join Us for "Dressing Well" with Mary Lou Andre May 2009: Event News: Join Us for an Art Exhibition & Sale sponsored by Weichert Realtors March 2009: Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation Adds 2 New Members To Medical Advisory Board Febuary 2009: "The Role of an Environmental Chemical Receptor, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, in Breast Cancer Cell Growth and Invasion," Supraja Narasimhan November 2008: Art beCAUSE Newsletter with "Seed the Scientist" updates and Photo Galleries from 2008

Our Mission The mission of the Art beCAUSE Foundation is to fund research dedicated to eradicating the environmental causes of breast cancer.

Why are we important?

This year 250,000 people - mostly women - in the United States will learn that they have breast cancer. Forty thousand will die. They leave grieving, heartbroken families.

Scientists know that breast cancer is associated with exposure to natural estrogens and other hormones. Now we are learning that certain chemicals found in common household products can mimic estrogens. More than 100 of these can make breast cancer cells grow in the lab.

Our strategy: Seed the Scientist

Art beCAUSE is committed to seeking out and funding "Seed the Scientist" research projects that deal with the links between breast cancer and the environment.

In 2008 a $15,000 grant was awarded to Dr. Betina Lew of the University of Rochester, who is looking at the "In utero" exposure to TCDD and the development of breast cancer. TCDD activates the AhR receptor which can lead to later life breast cancer. So if the AhR receptor can be deregulated, perhaps cancer formation in later life can be prevented. The Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation is the first "seed" on this research.

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