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Representative
Bill Rauch,
American
Cancer Society
Vice President
Dave Rogers
and family
attorney Bill
Thomas present
a $600,000 check
for research
from the
American
Cancer Society
to Karen
Guillemin, PhD.
Caleb Fung
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UO professor receives
grant for cancer study
Biology professor Karen
Guillemin received $600,000
to research a bacterium that
causes stomach cancer
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
A University professor has re
ceived a grant to study the link be
tween stomach cancer and a bacteri
um called “Helicobacter pylori,”
which could be a leading cause of
stomach cancer depending on the
strength of the strain.
Biology Associate Professor Karen
Guillemin received the $600,000
grant from the American Cancer So
ciety to fund a three-year research
project titled “Cellular Basis of Heli
cobacter pylori Pathogenesis.”
H. pylori is a bacterium that can
live inside the human stomach and
is a known cause of stomach can
cer. Guillemin said that although
the majority of people with stom
ach cancer are infected with H. py
lori, most people infected with H.
pylori will not necessarily be diag
nosed with cancer.
Guillemin is focusing her three
year project on identifying how the
bacterium interacts with individual
cells in the stomach to cause cancer.
H. pylori is the first bacterium —
not virus — shown to be carcino
genic. Because it is a bacterium, H.
pylori can be cured with an antibiot
ic. Guillemin said, however, that
physicians are currently only giving
antibiotics to patients with active
strains of H. pylori.
Guillemin said she is hoping to
identify the different strains of H.
pylori, specifically which strains
are more likely to cause cancer.
She added that even if people are
infected with H. pylori, they don’t
necessarily need antibiotics be
cause bacterium have the ability of
building resistance to frequently
used antibiotics.
“If we can start to understand (H.
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pylori), then that can be useful for
clinicians to type the strains,”
Guillemin said. “Certain strains are
more likely to cause cancer because
they produce molecules that do
more damage.”
Guillemin started working on the
project in September 2001, when
she first came to the University. She
also has taught an upper-division
class titled “Bacterial Host Interac
tions” and will be teaching a micro
biology course in the 2003-04
school year.
The grant was made possible be
cause of a contribution to AGS
from the estate of Dora Kellenberg
er Hall. Kara Moore, a spokes
woman for AGS, said that without
the contribution from the Keflen
berger Hall estate, the #600,000
would not have been given to
Guillemin. Although AGS has given
nearly #1 million to researchers at
the University, most of that money
comes from federal grants, not from
personal contributions.
“It was special because the gift
from the family allowed us to give
her the grant,” Moore said, adding
that there are currently four other
researchers at the University who
have received funds from AGS.
Guillemin said she is very dedicat
ed to the project, although the grant
will only provide funding through
the next three years.
“It’s a lifetime project,” she said.
Contact the reporter
atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
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