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A collaboration between UT MD Anderson and Texas Children's will result in a new cancer center opening in the Texas Medical Center focused on childhood cancer. (Courtesy Texas Medical Center)

‘Solving the unsolvable’: $150M donation launches creation of new childhood cancer center at Texas Medical Center

By Cassandra Jenkins

Texas Children’s Hospital and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced in a May 14 news release that a $150 million donation from the Kinder Foundation will officially kickstart efforts to build a new comprehensive cancer center focused exclusively on children.

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