RESEARCH ASSISTANCE: As part of its ongoing philanthropic efforts, the Carolina Herrera company will present its pre-fall collection to 89 women at the “Collaborating for a Cure” luncheon Wednesday to benefit the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation.
Executives from the designer’s company will be on hand for this week’s event which will include a fashion show. Guests will be welcomed to Andrea Stark’s penthouse where models will walk down a dramatic staircase and mingle among the seated guests.
Through its support of leading researchers in a wide range of cancer categories, the Waxman Foundation has awarded $90 million to more than 200 researchers globally since 1976. In the past 10 years alone, the group has invested more than $23 million in cancer research. The practice of reprogramming cancer cells to function normally through differentiation led to a breakthrough treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Developed through collaboration between Waxman Foundation founder and chief executive officer Dr. Samuel Waxman, and researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Hematology, the treatment improved the fatality rate of APL, which had been 100 percent to 95 percent.
“Every year, this by-invitation-only and sold-out event has grown in support, doubling in attendance since it debuted in 2014,” Waxman said. “The Waxman Foundation was
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