From WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com …
— The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association will start up a new cancer detection fund with a $2.5 million donation from Exact Sciences.
The Madison-based diagnostics firm today announced the grant will establish the James Dahlberg Fund for Cancer Detection and Clinical Integration. It’s named after a professor emeritus of biomolecular chemistry whose research at UW-Madison helped pave the way for Exact Sciences’ Cologuard colorectal cancer test.
Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO for Exact Sciences, says the donation supports scientists and clinicians “who will bring the next generation of cancer detection discoveries” to patients.
“Jim Dahlberg has always believed science should make a real difference for patients,” Conroy said in a statement. “His work helped build Wisconsin’s biotechnology industry and advanced the development of tests that allow doctors to detect cancer earlier.”
The company’s grant will support the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the announcement notes, funding projects related to molecular diagnostics and population-based screening, among other areas of research.
The funding aims to help researchers bring new cancer detection strategies out of the lab and “into everyday care” more quickly, the company says.
In addition to initial discovery and translational research into cancer detection, the fund will also boost clinical trials at UW Health while supporting pilot screening efforts and care provider initiatives.
See more in the release below.
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