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...test commercially in 2010. The company isn't new to the field of cancer predictors: in 2007 it released the first test of this kind to predict the recurrence of breast cancer. That screen, known as Oncotype Dx, is used widely today and relies on a 21-gene assay to tell patients how likely their cancer is to recur and whether their tumors will respond to chemotherapy...
...shortcomings of Project Sentinel failed to deter the determined Horowitz and team. They followed up the project with Megachannel Extra-Terrestrial Assay (META) in 1985, and then with Billion-channel ExtraTerrestrial Assay (BETA...
According to Sarah K. Volkman, a research scientist at HSPH and Gaglani’s adviser on the project, his assay will likely be ready to be tested in Senegal in about six months...
Gaglani said he feels a special connection to Africa, as he was born in Namibia, although he is of Indian descent. He said he hopes to go to Africa within the next two or three years to help train African scientists to use the assay to fight malaria...
...He’s very bright and motivated, with lots of talent. It’s easy for him to understand the relationships between the technology and human health, and he’s done a good job with the assay he’s developed, which will have a direct application to the field,” Dr. Volkman said...