University of Wisconsin announced Tuesday biochemistry researchers who developed a groundbreaking method to test for colon cancer are one of several recipients of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Innovation Award.
This early staged research currently ongoing at UW would allow patients to have their blood drawn to test for colon cancer, instead of more invasive tests.
UW alumna Melanie Ivancic joined project leader, professor of biochemistry Michael Sussman’s team in 2008 to work on her Ph.D. thesis in biochemistry.