Twitter has gone all philanthropist over the remembrance of the death of Steve Jobs exactly one year ago Friday.
A fundraising group called iCancer has started a campaign to raise money in order to begin human trials of a revolutionary cancer therapy that currently exists on ice in a lab in Sweden. The treatment is actually a virus, but iCancer believes that if the therapy is tested and developed further, it could do much to prolong the lives of those suffering with a neuroendocrine tumor, the exact type that Steve Jobs suffered, and ultimately died, from.
The iCancer team wants to raise £2 million to begin testing, encouraging companies to invest in the therapy that is currently shelved because it isn’t considerd profitable.
The virus’ creator, Professor Magnus Essand, says that £2 million is the price-tag that needs paid in order to fully develop the treatment.
The iCancer team has since moved to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo (Kickstarter-esque, with fewer strings) and has raised $23,523 with 43 days left to donate.
Support the cause by following @iCancerVirus on Twitter or donating at Indiegogo here.
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Steve Jobs changed the entire world with his visionary revamping of wireless media and communications. He’ll be a name which rings out through history for evolving the way we live, share and communicate. I was compelled to create a portrait of him, now In Memoriam on my artist’s blog at https://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/08/end-of-era-steve-jobs.html Drop by and tell me how one of the centuries greatest minds affected you.