Jump to full article: The Daily Free Press (Boston University), 2008-03-27
Author: Abbie Ruzicka
Intro: Boston University has received more than $3.5 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris since 1995, much of which has directly funded research on the BU Medical Campus, according to a university database and research and corporate documents.
Research done by the BU Cancer Research Center, the School of Medicine's genetics and genomics department and the Pulmonary Center cited Philip Morris and its subsidiaries, including the Philip Morris External Research Program, as funding sources, according to study and research presentation documents.
Some of the money granted to the BU Medical Campus funded research about cancer gene therapy, the relationship between heart disease and nicotine, the effects of cigarette smoke on the pulmonary system and genetic predisposition to hypertension, according to a PMERP management report from 2004.
Cancer Research Center Director Douglas Faller received $268,759 from the Philip Morris Foundation for a 2004 study involving cancer treatment, according to a BUMC research report.
"I can't see how any research that I have done plays into any marketing campaign," he said
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I can't see how any research that I have done plays into any marketing campaign. I'm relatively willing to take research funds from anyone that will help me help people.
Cancer Research Center Director Douglas Faller, who received $268,759 from the Philip Morris Foundation for a 2004 study involving cancer treatment.
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