MAKNA Giving RM200,000 Grant To Study Cooking Methods

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Feb (Bernama) -- The National Cancer Council (MAKNA) will provide a RM200,000 grant to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)'s food technology researchers to study cooking methods that can reduce the risk of cancer.
MAKNA president Datuk Mohamed Farid Ariffin said the study would begin this year and was expected to be completed in two years.
"In western countries, there are studies that show that open grilling can cause cancer but we don't know the Malaysian method.
"Maybe there are ways of cooking that will cause cancer. We don't know yet. So, a study will be carried out," he told reporters after the presentation of Makna Cancer Research Awards worth between RM30,000 and RM40,000 each to three local researchers at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.
The recipients are Dr Yap Toke Yeow and Masriana Hassan from UPM and Dr Mohamed Zulkefeli Mat Jusoh from Universiti Teknologi Mara. They were selected from 27 applicants.
Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha gave out the awards.