Can viral molecular structures cause cancer?

By Walter Moss

Backed by Christine Paluch, Denny Luan, Bill Griffin, Chris Manessis, Daniel Corbett, Arthur J. Campbell, Walter Moss, Tian Jiang, Tom Ruginis, Master Yoda, and 11 other backers

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Yale University

Concord, Massachusetts

Open Access

DOI: 10.18258/1929

$2,223

Raised of $2,000 Goal

111%

Funded on 4/27/14

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Dominic Evangelista

Congrats!

Apr 06, 20140

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you very much!

Apr 11, 20140

IgorBacker

Let's hope using science

Apr 01, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Indeed! Let's see :-)

Apr 01, 20140

Christine PaluchBacker

This is on behalf of the Einsteinium Foundation. This is your funding award. Thanks Walter!

Mar 29, 20142

Walter MossResearcher

WOW! Thank you so much for your incredibly generous help. The funding award from Einsteinium has brought this campaign within inches of success and will provide essential early funding to advance this research. This is just amazing...thank you again so much!

Mar 29, 20141

Bill GriffinBacker

From the members of Crowdwish.com. Good luck achieving your funding goal and with the project itself.

Mar 29, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you for the generous donation and for the kind words! I'm happy to help make a "dream come true" :-)

Mar 29, 20140

Daniel CorbettBacker

Awesome project, glad I can help in my own little way. Here because of Einsteinium! :)

Mar 26, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you very much for the kind words and for the (in no way small) support :-) Einsteinium is an awesome idea and I'm really glad for their work!

Mar 26, 20140

Tom RuginisBacker

Walter, this is a tough question that might take years to answer, but I'm happy to help. When it comes to buying supplies, feel free to reach out to me at HappiLabs.org. We are former scientists helping scientists with shopping and finding the best pricing for supplies, so you can have more money leftover for other parts of the project. Keep up the good work, Tom Ruginis (@letUbeU)

Mar 26, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you very much for your support and for sharing information about HappiLabs.org. This looks really really useful and I will share your site with our Lab Manager (who is really interested in keeping costs down) and colleagues.

Mar 26, 20140

Tian JiangBacker

I'm looking forward to see your experiments!

Mar 21, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Me too! Thank you so much!

Mar 21, 20140

Heidi RuggieroBacker

Good luck! I hope you reach your goal!

Mar 05, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you Heidi. With generosity from folks like you, I'm sure we'll hit our goal :-)

Mar 05, 20140

Lumbini's Natural Soaps LLCBacker

This is good work and I hope you reach your goal! :)

Feb 27, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you. Me too!

Feb 27, 20141

Alison RowlandBacker

Awesome work. So glad you are doing this!

Feb 26, 20142

Walter MossResearcher

Thanks for the support Alison!

Feb 26, 20141

Cindy WuBacker

Good luck!

Feb 26, 20142

Walter MossResearcher

Thank you!

Feb 26, 20140

Arthur J. CampbellBacker

What are your next steps if you show that this works?

Feb 26, 20141

Walter MossResearcher

Hi Arthur! The next steps, after we determine what these viral RNA molecules do in the cell (e.g. which genetic pathways they affect) is to figure out ways to inhibit their function. This can be done in several ways (e.g. antisense oligonucleotides or small molecules) and all of them rely on a robust knowledge of RNA structure. Thus, the outcomes of this project will be crucial to this effort. Thanks for your support!

Feb 26, 20142