“In the short term, we wouldn’t be necessarily replacing a mammogram; we would be trying to provide more information to the physician so that they could make better decisions from the results they would get from both this imaging and a mammogram,” Thurber said. “Long term, the idea would be to completely replace (mammograms) because there are many challenges with mammograms that we believe our approach can help overcome.” Providing more accurate screening results is also comforting to patients. Rackham student Sumit Bhatnagar assisted with the research for the project and emphasized the importance of reducing the overtreatment of breast cancer. “When you have a lot of patients that have to go through chemotherapy and all these procedures that are not required, it leads to a loss of quality in life for a lot of these people,” Bhatnagar said. “So that’s something that can be avoided in the screening stage that would be preferable.” The pill is taken orally and dissolves into the bloodstream, just like food, says Thurber. The carefully-designed molecules are distributed throughout the body and bind onto breast cancer cells. After a few days, a physician looks for tumors by shining a near-infrared light on the breasts. Pharmaceutical sciences professor David Smith assisted Thurber’s team with the research. According to Smith, one of the team’s challenges was assuring the molecule was correctly absorbed by the body. The team had to design a molecule that was soluble enough to be absorbed into the bloodstream, but also greasy enough to pass through a tumor cell’s membrane. “It has to have the right chemical structure to have selectivity for cancer cells and not normal regular cells,” Smith said. “So you can imagine getting all those qualities in one molecule is not so easy.” According to Bhatnagar, the research team created a range of different imaging agents with varying properties to see which combination of properties would work best in the body. “We did cell experiments and plate experiments to eliminate a few of these, so based on certain properties we narrowed it down from the five or six to about three, which we then tested in mice to see which one was the one we could get the highest amount of into the blood,” Bhatnagar said. With successful results on mice, the team is looking to expand the method for not only other types of cancer, but other diseases as well. 3 NEWS Thursday, May 10, 2018 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Holocaust survivor shares her memoir at local library Retired Public Health professor presents book By RACHEL CUNNINGHAM Summer Daily News Editor Author Irene Butter, a retired Pub- lic Health professor, presented her book “Shores Beyond Shores, From Holocaust to Hope: My True Story” at the Ann Arbor District Library Tuesday evening. Original- ly from Berlin, Butter is a survivor of Bergen- Belsen concentration camp. She arrived in the United States on Dec. 24, 1945. The Holocaust lasted from 1941 to 1945, where Jews and other groups were sys- tematically tortured and exterminated by the Nazis throughout camps in Europe. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, approximately 6 mil- lion Jews, and many others from other groups, were killed. Library Director Josie Parker intro- duced Butter, giving positive reviews of Butter’s book for its enlightening and mov- ing content. “It’s a very different story than many of you might think of or read in the past regarding the Holocaust,” Parker said. “It’s inspiring. It’s moving. It awakens your spirit in a time when we really that.” Butter began by explaining how she came about to write the book with her co- authors, Kris Holloway and John Bidwell. Holloway was a former student of Butter’s and Butter met Bidwell through her. She explained that their goal was to recapture childhood memories Butter had at each stage of her Holocaust experience. “The guiding principle throughout our journey was to recapture the (course) of the child at each stage in this narrative,” Butter said. “There are many memoirs about the Holocaust, yet how children lived through these experiences, what they heard, what they saw and what they felt has really been revealed.” Holloway felt it was important to docu- ment what life was like for Irene before the Holocaust began. “An important part for me of writing the book was to portray the early years before all the horror happened,” Holloway said. Holloway then went on to read a section of the book detailing Butter’s first experi- ence seeing a “Jews Forbidden” sign while biking. Bidwell then read a section of the book detailing Butter’s experience in Bergen- Belsen as the camp became overcrowded and hunger more prevalent. “As the food hit my lips, my body wanted to slurp down every last drop and chew every last crumb,” Bidwell read. “Maybe, maybe this is how vampires feel about blood.” After working with Detroit and Ann Arbor students, Butter explained that she feels students see the importance of toler- ance and have a desire for stories that bring hope. “Students recognize that all of us are responsible for each other regardless of our color, religion or race,” Butter said. “We are all hungry for stories of hope and triumph over tragedy.” Butter explained the impact of a mar- riage between her Jewish daughter and a Palestinian man. “My granddaughters were born in Israel to a Jewish mother, my daughter, and a Palestinian father,” Butter said. “This has not always been easy for them. But I’ve learned that the surest path to peace may be when the other becomes your own.” In a question and answer portion, But- ter answered a question regarding what “Never Again,” a phrase dedicated to geno- cide awareness, means to her. “‘Never Again’ is a wish,” Butter said. “So far, I would say it has been an unfulfilled promise. Just seeing it doesn’t make it hap- pen. I think a lot more has to go on before ‘Never Again’ can become a reality.” Butter then reflected upon her relation- ship with Anne Frank. Although she did not know her well, Butter lived near Frank when in Amsterdam, and eventually ended up at Bergen-Belsen with her. Butter was friends with Frank’s close friend Hanneli Goslar, and the two threw clothes to Frank when she did not have any in Bergen- Belsen. “One day she (Hanneli) found out that Anne was in a joining (camp) separated by barbed wire,” Butter said. “She found out her sister (Margot) was too sick to come to the fence and she didn’t have any clothing, only a grey blanket wrapped around her, so Hanneli said she would try and find some clothing and come back the next night.” Butter explained that the next day some- one else picked up the clothing bundle they threw over the fence, but the pair tried again with another bundle and Frank received it. Ann Arbor resident Helen Aminoff‘s family came to the United States from England at the beginning of World War II without any trouble. At the event, Aminoff explained she felt fortunate that her fam- ily could come to the US before the borders closed. “We were very fortunate,” Aminoff said. “We did not have anyone who died in the Holocaust. I have so many friends who lost family members. I usually get very annoyed with people who deny the Holocaust and say it didn’t happen. It’s not true. Check your facts.” LAWSUIT From Page 1 RESEARCH From Page 1 Read more at MichiganDaily.com “A bias incident is conduct that discriminates, stereotypes, excludes, harasses or harms anyone in our community based on their identity (such as race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or religion),” the website states. Ultimately, the lawsuit filed by Speech First questions whether the opportunity to report bias incidents and mete out justice stifles the atmosphere at the University. Speech First also challenges the legitimacy of the bias reports filed and focuses on the vague terminology on the Bias Response Team website. The University’s Bias Response website explains a bias incident can be anything inciting uncomfortable “feelings.” “Bias comes in many forms. It can be a hurtful action based on who someone is as a person,” the website states. “The most important indication of bias is your own feelings.” The Bias Response Team allows students to file complaints and follows up the reports by investigating the incidents and the students involved. The Bias Response Team reacts to incidents such as the blackface Snapchat mocking #BlackLivesMatter during the spring term and the racial slurs written on dorm door name tags during the fall term, by investigating the incidents and using a detailed log to explain the steps taken to respond to the racist incidents. While the Bias Response Team seeks to eliminate hateful and harmful speech, Speech First seeks to protect all student voices, even if they might be unpopular. “In recent years, colleges have adopted various policies — including speech codes, ‘safe spaces,’ and ‘free speech zones’ — with the goal of shutting down unwanted speech,” the Speech First website states. “The message is clear: Students with unconventional ideas should shut up and keep their opinions to themselves. Censoring speech infringes the rights of students to express their opinions on campus. Just as important, it harms the rights of other students to listen to the speech — to challenge, debate, and learn from the views of their fellow students.” The University is one of several universities in the nation with a bias response team, but the first to receive a federal lawsuit. University spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen declined to comment regarding the lawsuit. “We haven’t been served a copy of the lawsuit and have no comment at this time,” Broekhuizen wrote. Visit MichiganDaily.com for more content The website explains a bias incident can be anything inciting uncomfortable “feelings.”