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Mass General Brigham receives transformative $50 million gift to shape future of cancer research

The gift, made by anonymous donors, will fuel world-class gene and cell therapy research and spaces at Mass General Brigham.

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Schussels propel studies linking cancer and common virus

Grateful for her outstanding care, Sandra "Sandi" Schussel and her husband, George, are fueling research into the connections between Epstein-Barr virus and cancer by establishing a named professorship.

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A Lifetime of Life-Changing Care

Beginning with a successful kidney transplant that changed his family’s life, John Pappone is grateful for six decades of exceptional Brigham care.

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In Leiden Clinical Trials Center, Gene and Cell Therapies are the Future

Gifts from Jeffrey and Lisa Leiden and the Vertex Foundation will help speed gene and cell therapies to patients with serious diseases.

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Morse Commits $31 Million to a New Era of Cancer Care

Phillip Morse's extraordinary commitment to cancer research and care will create a meaningful legacy across the institution.

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Steven and Sheree Hietpas

When he arrived for his follow-up appointment after life-saving open-heart surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, he recalls his surgeon greeting him with these words: “I never thought I’d see you again.” At his one-year check-up, his doctor called him "the legend."

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Marjorie "Marjie" Nicholson

Marjie was 64 when a near-fatal brain aneurysm turned her entire world upside down. Barely alive and able to communicate only by blinking her eyes, she initially wasn’t expected to survive, let alone recover.

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With $30 million in grants, global partnership tackles diseases like type 1 diabetes

The Helmsley Charitable Trust and Breakthrough T1D joined forces to support a Brigham-led effort to reduce non-communicable diseases in the world’s poorest countries.

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Landmark gift accelerates treatments for genetic heart disease

An anonymous $15 million gift is speeding development of genetic therapies for cardiomyopathy and other inherited heart diseases.

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Svanbergs create endowed chair

The couple committed $2.5 million to establish the Banks Svanberg Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology in honor of a cherished doctor.

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