How you've made a difference
All of the money you raise goes towards Breakthrough Breast Cancer's vital research focusing on the causes of breast cancer, finding better ways to detect the disease, identifying more effective and gentler treatments and understanding how to prevent the disease from occurring.
Here are just some of Breakthrough's success stories: Breakthrough established the UK's first dedicated breast cancer research centre in London, in partnership with The Institute of Cancer Research.
Breakthrough launched the largest and most comprehensive study into the causes of breast cancer. Involving 100,000 women and spanning 40 years, the Breakthrough Generations Study, provides the information needed to help find out how to prevent the disease in the future. www.breakthrough.org.uk
Breakthrough can't carry out any of this work without the help and generosity of their supporters. Every penny you raise will bring Breakthrough one step closer to its vision of a future free from the fear of breast cancer.
- £125 can provide a pipette, which is used constantly throughout the day. It is the key instrument for measuring exact amounts of solutions used in experiments, such as potential new drugs.
- £250 buys antibodies which are vital for the detection of cancer cell abnormalities, which may cause breast cancer.
- £15,000 buys a specialist machine that allows scientists to study the genetics of breast cancer.
- £32,000 can provide enough chemicals and specialist equipment to fund a Breakthrough scientist's work for two years.
- £130,000 is enough to buy a specialised 'confocal' microscope needed to examine cells in the smallest detail.
