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On February 12th, Naomi Campbell opened Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s new £4.2million research unit at King’s College London. This new research unit is dedicated to finding treatments for an aggressive type of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer. At the opening ceremony, the supermodel spoke about her commitment to breast cancer care and was with her mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. Thankfully, the treatment she received was successful and she is now in remission.

The King’s College unit, based at Guy’s Hospital, part of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of three research being opened in the UK by Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Each of the units will focus on a specific area of breast cancer research and be associated with major cancer hospitals, units and research establishments .

Actor Joseph Fiennes, whose mother, Jennifer Lash, died of breast cancer in 1993, also added his support to the opening saying “The incidence of breast cancer in this country means that nearly all of us know someone who has been affected. I am delighted that Breakthrough is opening this new research unit which will investigate effective treatments for different types of breast cancer. I hope this research will give us a greater chance of creating a future free from the fear of this disease.”

Breakthrough Breast Cancer relies on voluntary donations to tackle the disease through research, campaigning and education and needs to raise at least £19 million a year to support this vital work across the UK.