Pro-cancer research fund (PCRF)\u00a0is a registered UK charity that\u00a0has\u00a0three\u00a0main\u00a0prongs of activity:\u00a0research,\u00a0outreach,\u00a0and\u00a0patient care. The research side is an integral part of the charity, and is led by Imperial professor Mustafa\u00a0Djamgoz.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Djamgoz\u00a0is developing a non-toxic way of treating many different types of cancers, including Prostate, Breast, Colon, and Pancreas.\u00a0The internationally acclaimed and peer-reviewed research is integral to PCRF\u2019s mission as it gives them the necessary authority, professionalism and trust-worthiness for a supportive drop-in advice centre. PCRF offers a direct link between cutting-edge research and the patients that the research is ultimately meant to help. PCRF engages in multiple outreach talks and programs each year, such as the annual Orchid walk, aimed at making new information more accessible to the people actually affected by cancer.\u00a0The patient care is delivered through the Amber Care Centre, a free drop in centre located in north London that offers professional help to\u00a0cancer patients, as well as a free home nurse care program. PCRF is improving the lives of this community through awareness and prevention\u00a0campaigns, psychological support, and specialist oncology detection and care, at\u00a0little to no cost.<\/p>\n
I chose this charity because\u00a0its small size allows\u00a0me the opportunity to take on multiple jobs that would normally be classified into many different sectors. My background is in Biology, and I am\u00a0particularly interested in molecular biology. As one of the three prongs of activity is research,\u00a0over the past six weeks, I have been introduced to the lab members, given a stack of seminal papers to read on the topic of \u201cIon Channels in Cancer\u201d, and adopted many dishes of breast cancer cells, which I have grown and started testing drugs on. These six weeks have prepared me immensely for the second part of my internship this summer, which is the Charity Insights scheme. Having\u00a0been involved in the research part\u00a0has\u00a0given me\u00a0a significant hands-on experience, and allowed\u00a0me to fully grasp\u00a0PCRF\u2019s unique approach to helping people with cancer.<\/p>\n
During my internship at PCRF,\u00a0my project will be to\u00a0develop\u00a0their website\u00a0and\u00a0assist in fundraising.\u00a0The website is\u00a0currently unavailable, which is a major hindrance to the potential of this organization.\u00a0I will\u00a0also\u00a0aid in\u00a0organizing\u00a0a conference for 150\u00a0researchers in cancer for the 9th\u00a0and 10th\u00a0of September.\u00a0Through the research\u00a0that I have done in the past six weeks, I\u00a0have\u00a0learned\u00a0enormous amounts about cancer\u00a0to a much greater scope than has been offered to me in my course.\u00a0I will use this as a base to\u00a0build upon and share through the website and\u00a0the blogs, and\u00a0to be able to relate to the invited speakers and participants at the “Ion Channels in Cancer” conference PCRF will be hosting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pro-cancer research fund (PCRF)\u00a0is a registered UK charity that\u00a0has\u00a0three\u00a0main\u00a0prongs of activity:\u00a0research,\u00a0outreach,\u00a0and\u00a0patient care. The research side is an integral part of the charity, and is led by Imperial professor Mustafa\u00a0Djamgoz.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Djamgoz\u00a0is developing a non-toxic way of treating many different types of cancers, including Prostate, Breast, Colon, and Pancreas.\u00a0The internationally acclaimed and peer-reviewed research is integral to PCRF\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":933,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xenia-karlsson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/charityinsights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}