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Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is a place where smart people work together to help people who are sick with cancer. They study cancer, which is when our body's cells start growing in a way that they're not supposed to. When this happens, it can make people feel very sick and even cause them to die.

The scientists at the Koch Institute use really powerful tools to study cancer cells, like microscopes that can show them things that are invisible to our eyes. They also do experiments to learn more about how cancer cells grow and spread throughout the body.

The Koch Institute is named after a man named David H. Koch, who is a generous donor who wants to help find a cure for cancer. He gave a lot of money to start this special place where scientists can work together to make new discoveries and help people with cancer feel better.