Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Is Dissolving

The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute in Los Angeles, California, will be permanently closing after more than two decades of work to develop treatments for rare cancers such as mesothelioma as well as diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood. Since 2002, the mission of the nonprofit organization has focused on creating hope through research and education. The Pacific Mesothelioma Center, which has been a division of the PHLBI since 2012, has been working to improve the lives of mesothelioma patients by sharing information about malignant pleural mesothelioma and conducting research in hopes of finding a cure. In a release shared with the organization’s donors, the Executive Director of PHLBI Clare Cameron, revealed the group’s fundraising and research challenges.  “During these disruptive times, it has been hard to raise money, and difficult to find qualified scientists to oversee and perform the work in our Lab,” according to Cameron’s statement. “After extensive conversations failed to have UCLA take our Institute under its wing, the Board of Directors decided that the best way to ensure that most of the money raised was being used for the purpose to perform the Mission, decided to dissolve the nonprofit, and donate its equipment and money to Institutes who have well-oiled machines with resources.” Cameron explained that the PHLBI is in the process of donating its equipment and funding to UCLA and Oregon Health & Sciences University...
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