There are ways you can have an impact, even with a modest contribution. Find a high-quality research lab, like the Monje lab at Stanford, and make a direct charitable contribution. I went through a number of cancer research foundations' 990s and I was dismayed at the very small percentage of their donations that ended up going directly to cancer research. As someone whose father and mother and aunt and several uncles died of cancer, it matters a lot to me that we make progress on fighting cancer!
CAR-T cell therapies in particular seem to be curing cases previously thought incurable. Just this week we saw the Monje lab make forward progress on curing certain pediatric brain cancers!
CAR-T cell therapies in particular seem to be curing cases previously thought incurable. Just this week we saw the Monje lab make forward progress on curing certain pediatric brain cancers!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08171-9