FasterCures addresses research barriers with two new programs:

Melanoma Research Alliance

The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), a new organization formed under the auspices of the Milken Institute, with the generous support of Debra and Leon Black, intends to support ambitious and innovative projects from both individual scientists and research teams to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic avenues relevant to pathways governing the behavior and clinical outcome of melanoma.

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The Philanthropy Advisory Service: Helping Philanthropists Make Informed Investment Decisions

The lack of independent, reliable data about nonprofit disease research opportunities is a major barrier to encouraging significant support for such research and to improving the efficiency and productivity of philanthropy. With grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, FasterCures is developing the Philanthropy Advisory Service to address this problem.

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FasterCures top 10 achievements for 2007

FasterCures President Greg Simon announces FasterCures top 10 achievements from 2007.

• Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation Awards $35 Million Grant to FasterCures
• FasterCures Receives Grants to Identify Innovation in Nonprofit Medical Research
• FasterCures launches the Philanthropy Advisory Service
• State of Melanoma Research Call to Action Meeting
• Annual event, co-hosted by FasterCures and Esquire magazine, focuses on new tools for fostering collaboration in science

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