የ AGDQ ገንዘብ ማሰባሰብ በካንሰር መከላከል ምርምር ላይ 'ትልቅ ተጽእኖ' እንዳለው ዶክተር ተናግሯል።

ዶ/ር ብራንደን ገለር በጥር ወር በፒትስበርግ ወደሚገኘው ግሩም ጨዋታዎች ተከናውኗል (AGDQ) በነበረበት ወቅት የፍጥነት ሯጮች በቪዲዮ ጨዋታዎች ውስጥ ሲያልፉ ሲመለከት በፍርሃት ተውጦ ነበር።

“It’s unbelievable how bad I am at video games,” he said. “Growing up I thought I was pretty good, but it’s pretty unbelievable to watch people at the top of their game literally be able to do things this quickly and build a community [around it].”

ነገር ግን የጌለር የ AGDQ ጉብኝት የፍጥነት ሩጫዎችን በፍርሃት ከመመልከት በላይ ነበር። ድጋፉን ለማሳየት ፈልጎ ነበር። ከ$2.5 ሚሊዮን በላይ ያሰባሰበ ክስተት እንደ እሱ ያሉ ተመራማሪዎች ካንሰርን ለመከላከል እና ቀደም ብሎ የማወቅ ፕሮጄክቶችን በገንዘብ እንዲረዱ።

በቦስተን ህጻናት ሆስፒታል የምርምር ባልደረባ የሆኑት ግለር የ AGDQን የገንዘብ ማሰባሰብ ልዩ የሚያደርገው ከህክምናው በተቃራኒ ካንሰርን በመከላከል እና በመለየት ላይ ያተኮረ መሆኑ ነው።

“The funding makes an unbelievable amount of difference. It’s coming from a foundation that believes in preventing cancer, which keeps researchers who want to focus on preventing cancer versus treating cancer, in the game.”

Gheller AGDQ የሚደግፈውን የካንሰር መከላከል ጥረቶች በዝርዝር አብራርተዋል።

“We work on a disorder called clonal hematopoiesis. In the past 10 years, we’ve come to understand that 4% of all people have a change in their DNA and one of the stem cells that makes all the blood in their body. What happens is when you take on this change in DNA, that predisposes you to cancer. So this one stem cell starts to make more and more blood within your body, which can lead to things like leukemia, it can also lead to things like heart disease,” he explained. “So, what I’m personally doing is finding a way that we can stop these mutant or DNA change stem cells from growing in individuals and starting cancer.”

የምርምር ሂደታቸውንም ዘርዝረዋል።

“We use the zebrafish— a very small, tropical fish. We’re able to perfectly [replicate] what you see in a human in the fish. So now you can start to build interventions and test them on the fish,” he said. “And because this disorder isn’t cancer by nature, you don’t want to treat it with a drug, you’re able to treat healthy people who just might have this change in DNA.” “It’s an unbelievably exciting area to be in. We’ve only really known about this disorder because of advances in technology for 12 years. I already have research indicating that there’s a metabolic pathway that can be shut down to stop this disorder. It’s currently working in the zebrafish, it’s also working in human cells. [This progress] is really remarkable in this field,” he said.

Gheller በ2024 የተሰበሰበው ገንዘብ AGDQ ተጽእኖ ለሚመጡት አስርት ዓመታት እንደሚሰማ ተናግሯል።

“Getting that funding and putting it toward preventing cancer – it’s something that we all believe can really have a huge effect on the field for the next 40, 50 years,” he said.

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