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American Cancer Society's Mid-South Division will honor several childhood cancer survivors with college scholarships.
The $1000 scholarships will be awarded to eligible individuals who have survived cancer and have been accepted to an accredited university, college or vocational/technical school.
Eligible applicants must be under 25, have had a cancer diagnosis before age 19 and be a resident of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, or Floyd or Clark counties in Indiana and a United States citizen. Candidates must also have a GPA of at least 2.5 or GED equivalent and been accepted to an accredited school.
Applications must be postmarked on or before February 1, 2010, for consideration for the upcoming academic year. Cancer survivor scholarships will be awarded based on financial need, leadership, academic achievement and community service. Awards for the 2010-2011 academic year will be announced in April 2010.
For more information on the scholarship program or to obtain an application, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org/midsouthnews. To learn more about the American Cancer Society, visit cancer.org.
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The laboratory also has extensive expertise in chromosome analysis, flow cytometry, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), real-time and quantitative polymerase chain reaction technologies, immunohistochemistry and gene sequencing.
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