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Baroness Tessa Jowell has become the first person to donate her medical information to a new global database.
The ex-culture secretary, who has an aggressive brain tumour, said she hoped that the Universal Cancer Databank would help develop better treatments.
She feels a "sense of responsibility" to pave the way for others, her daughter Jess Mills said.
Researchers will be able to access the anonymised data in the UCD, set up by an Australian billionaire, for free.
Baroness Jowell was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. She earned a minute-long standing ovation in the House of Lords in January, after making a plea for more cancer treatments to be made available through the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43833022
The ex-culture secretary, who has an aggressive brain tumour, said she hoped that the Universal Cancer Databank would help develop better treatments.
She feels a "sense of responsibility" to pave the way for others, her daughter Jess Mills said.
Researchers will be able to access the anonymised data in the UCD, set up by an Australian billionaire, for free.
Baroness Jowell was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. She earned a minute-long standing ovation in the House of Lords in January, after making a plea for more cancer treatments to be made available through the NHS.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43833022