670044 news 1696010215 1696609915 <![CDATA[$50M Cancer Moonshot Grant Will Build an Atlas for Earlier Cancer Detection]]> The Georgia Institute of Technology will lead development of a new generation of cancer tests capable of detecting multiple types of tumors earlier than ever with up to $50 million from President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Led by biomedical engineer Gabe Kwong, the project will map the unique cellular profiles of cancer cells and leverage that knowledge to build new bioengineered sensors to detect those profiles. The goal is to create a new kind of multi-cancer early detection test that would allow oncologists to start treating the tumors sooner, when they’re still small and most responsive.

The funding announced Sept. 26 is from the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and part of the Biden administration’s efforts to cut the cancer death rate in half in 25 years.

Read the full story on the College of Engineering website.

]]> 2023-09-28T00:00:00-04:00 Biomedical engineer Gabe Kwong will map cancer cell biomarkers, then engineer new sensors to hunt for multiple kinds of cancer.

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College of Engineering

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