NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AWARDS $26.3 MILLION TO ESTABLISH SEVEN NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTERS

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently announced the implementation of a major component of its $144.3 million five-year initiative for nanotechnology in cancer research. First year awards totaling $26.3 million will help establish seven Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. "We believe that nanotechnology will have a transformative effect on cancer diagnosis and treatment. In fact, its impact is already visible in the research being conducted through many of the centers we are announcing today," said Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the NCI.

National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/CentersofCancerNanotechExcellence)