Name: Duke University professor honored for breast cancer research
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Description: In an effort to respond to the research challenges brought on by COVID-19, Susan G. Komen for the Cure launched a new Metastatic Breast Cancer Collaborative Research Initiative.

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YOU CAN COUNT ON WITH WRAL NEWS. >> EVERY OCTOBER WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING THESE PINK RIBBONS MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. AND THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENCE. SATURDAY NIGHT. MORE THAN $150,000 WAS RAISED TO FUND A FUTURE RESEARCH INITIATIVE. I WAS HONORED TO HOST THAT VIRTUAL EVENT. AND IN AN EFFORT TO RESPOND TO THE RESEARCH CHALLENGES, A NEW METASTATIC BREAST CANCER COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WAS LAUNCHED. KOMEN SAYS, WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN SCRUMMAL IN DEVELOPING THIS INITIATIVE. DESCRIBING HIM AS A LEADER IN THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FIELD. HE'S BEEN HONORED WITH THE 2020 BRINKER AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTION. HE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> AND I JUST WANT TO THANK WRAL FOR THEIR ENDURING SUPPORT OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY AT BREAST CANCER MONTH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND ALSO FOR YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS GIVING OF YOUR PERSONAL TIME TO THE CAUSE OF KOMEN. IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY FANTASTIC. >> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. THIS HAS BECOME A CAUSE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. WE HAVE OUR DEAR FRIEND PAM AND SO MANY FIGHTING THIS DISEASE. SORRY I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. OUR FRIENDS AT KOMEN SPEAK HIGHLY OF YOUR ROLE AND RESEARCH. LET'S GET STARTED WITH HOW HAS COVID IMPACTED THE WORK YOUR TEAM DOES ON A DAILY BASIS. >> I THINK INITIALLY, IT WAS A BIG SHOCK TO EVERYONE. RESEARCH AT UNC AND DUKE PRETTY MUCH JUST STOPPED AND REALLY THROUGH A VERY MEASURED APPROACH. THE SCHOOL OVERNIGHT MEDICINE AND RAMPED UP RESEARCH AND I WOULD SAY CONFIDENTLY THAT OUR RESEARCH IS BACK TO FULL STRENGTH ALBEIT WITH SHIFT SCHEDULE. WE'RE BACK DOING THE WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. WHAT ABOUT AWARENESS. WE SEE EVENTS IN OCTOBER AND OTHER PROJECTS, THIS PANT AFFECTS ONES LIKE THE ONE WE HAD SATURDAY NIGHT. WE COULDN'T BE IN PERSON. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRUE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE BUT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COMB COMPLAIN THE AMERICAN CANCER KOMEN AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE LARGE EVENTS. FUND RAISING AND RESEARCH IS DOWN. WE ARE BEING EFFICIENT AND FOCUSED ON OUR CAUSES RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THAT WE'LL MAKE GOOD USE OF THE MONIES WE HAVE ACCESS TO. >> TELL US ABOUT THE NIGH BETWEEN KOMEN, DUKE, AND UNC. >> PAM COLE CAME TO A FEW SCIENTISTS AROUND THE AREA AND SAID I'VE NOTICED YOU HAVE 2 GREAT PILLARS, THE DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE AND THE UNC 9 BERGER CANCER GROUP. AND I DON'T SEE INTERACTION. THERE ARE INTERACTIONS BUT PAM WANTED US TO BE FOCUSED ON ONE DISEASE AND ONE TYPE OF DISEASE. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR THING IT'S METASTATIC BREAST CANCER. AND SHE STARTED THIS FUND WHICH PEOPLE ARE GIVING GENEROUSLY TO. AND SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH BRAND NEW IDEAS, IDEAS WE'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. AND I DON'T YOU TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I DON'T WANT TO SEE A BOX. AND LET'S MOVE FROM THERE. >> AND TO PUT THE RIVALRY ASIDE TOO, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE MOST PROMISING FIND OVER THE PAST YEAR IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT THE TRANSITION IN THE USING THE WORD I WANT TO TREAT YOUR BREAST CANCER WITH I HAVE A REAL GOAL THAT I CAN POSSIBLY CURE YOUR BREAST CANCER. THAT'S MINDSET WE'RE ALL WORKING ON. THE OTHER THING THE LAST 2 YEARS IS WE'VE MADE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRESS ON EARLY DETECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WHO COME WITH EARLY STAGE DISEASE. A WOMAN WITH EARLY STAGE DISEASE MOST LIKELY WILL NEVER SEE THAT DISEASE AGAIN. METASTATIC DISEASE HAS BEEN OUR PROBLEM. AND WE'VE MADE PHENOMENAL PROGRESS. NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GO FROM A CHRONIC DISEASE TO A CURED DISEASE. >> AND HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU YOU WILL FIND A CURE? >> IF YOU ASKED ME ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO. MY MIND IS FOCUSED ON TREATING THE DISEASE AND NOW THE WORD CURE IS IN THE VOCABULARY. THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH HAS GIVEN NEW INSIGHT INTO IMMUNOTHERAPY. THE IDEA THAT WE CAN UNLEASH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO TREAT BREAST CANCER HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MELANOMA AND COLON CANCER AND LUNG CANCER, AND LESS SUCCESSFUL IN BREAST CANCER. AND WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHY IT'S NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SUCCESS. >> YOU ARE GIVING MY GOOSE BUMPS. THAT'S SO EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT. AND YOU'LL BE SPEAKING AT THE VIRTUAL GALA IN SAN ANTONIO. WHAT'S THE KEY MESSAGE? >> I THINK THAT FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IS THE KEY TO THE NEXT WAVE OF DISCOVERIES, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BASICALLY KEEP FUNDING RESEARCH NOT JUST ON THE DRUGS THAT A PATIENT IS GOING TO GET IN A FEW YEARS TIME BUT 5 AND 7 YEARS TIME. WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT. SECONDLY, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE PLUG FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE NEXT WAVE AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG CANCER RESEARCHERS. >> ABSOLUTELY, DR. McDONALD. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS HONOR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING FIND A CURE. SO GLAD TO KNOW THAT WORD IS IN YOUR VOCABULARY RIGHT NOW. TREATMENTS ARE GREAT. BUT A CURE IS SO MUCH BETTER.

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Duke University professor honored for breast cancer research 

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WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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