Grants

Earlier.org has awarded a total of $280,000 to the following 2010 Medical Research Grant recipients:

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN — Dr. Judy Boughey  $40,000
Evaluation of Molecular Breast Imaging in the Detection of Breast Cancer in Patients with high risk Benign Breast Lesions

Duke University, Durham, NC — Dr. Paolo Maccarini  $40,000
Diagnosis of Aggressive Breast Cancer with Enhanced Microwave Radiometry: Detection of Rapidly Proliferating Tumors by Noninvasive Deep Temperature Mapping 

Stanford University, Stanford, CA — Dr. Lei Xing  $40,000
Combined Mammography and X-Ray Activatable Nonophosphor Molecular Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel — Dr. Hossam Haick  $40,000/2 yrs.
Early Diagnosis and Screening of Breast Cancer by an Array of Nanosensors

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY — Dr. Nicholetta Sacchi  $40,000
Identification of Unique Breast Pre-Malignant Signatures

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY — Dr. Ashwani Sood  $40,000
A Blood Test for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND — Dr. Edward Sauter  $40,000
Micro RNAs as Marker to Non-Invasively Detect Breast Cancer From Bodily Fluid:  A Pilot Study