March 26, 2008 - 12:48pm
By Emily Cohn
According to the New York Times, a review of tax records indicates that a lung cancer study conducted by Dr. Claudia Henschke of Weill Cornell Medical College received funding from a cigarette company. The findings may threaten the legitimacy of the 2006 study, which said that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths can be prevented by the widespread use of CT scans.
The Sun reported on March 3 that Philip Morris USA, one of the largest tobacco corporations in the world, is currently providing $1 million in funding to the plant breeding and genetics department, and that this is the only research university currently being funded by a tobacco company.
