ST. HELIER, Jersey--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announce four inaugural Tumor Treating Fields research grants. The grants represent a joint effort to promote and support innovative research on Tumor Treating Fields. Tumor Treating Fields is a cancer therapy that uses electric fields tuned to specific frequencies to disrupt cell division, inhibiting tumor growth and causing affected cancer cells to die.
“At Novocure, we are striving to extend survival in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer through the development of Tumor Treating Fields,” said Dr. Eilon Kirson, Novocure’s Chief Science Officer and Head of Research and Development. “This inaugural grant program with AACR allows us to support independent researchers as they advance basic and translational research on Tumor Treating Fields. The program is intended to provide a deeper understanding of the mechanism of action of Tumor Treating Fields and to accelerate the development of new treatment strategies to advance therapeutic options for cancer. I look forward to announcing the grant recipients at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019.”
A total of more than $1.5 million will be awarded to grant recipients. Grants include the AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Grant, the AACR-Novocure Career Development Award for Tumor Treating Fields Research, the AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Fellowship and the AACR-Novocure Discovery Grant. The application deadline for all grants is 1 p.m. EST on Jan. 23, 2019. All research proposed for funding must be focused on the preclinical application of Tumor Treating Fields in cancer and may be basic or translational in nature.
About Novocure
Novocure is an oncology company developing a
profoundly different cancer treatment utilizing a proprietary therapy
called Tumor Treating Fields, the use of electric fields tuned to
specific frequencies to disrupt solid tumor cancer cell division.
Novocure’s commercialized product is approved for the treatment of adult
patients with glioblastoma. Novocure has ongoing or completed clinical
trials investigating Tumor Treating Fields in brain metastases,
non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, liver
cancer and mesothelioma.
Headquartered in Jersey, Novocure has U.S. operations in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Malvern, Pennsylvania and New York City. Additionally, the company has offices in Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Israel. For additional information about the company, please visit www.novocure.com or follow us at www.twitter.com/novocure.
About the AACR
Founded in 1907, the American Association for
Cancer Research (AACR) is the world’s first and largest professional
organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to
prevent and cure cancer. AACR membership includes more than 40,000
laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population
scientists; other health care professionals; and patient advocates
residing in 120 countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of
expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the
prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer by annually
convening more than 30 conferences and educational workshops, the
largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 22,500
attendees. In addition, the AACR publishes eight prestigious,
peer-reviewed scientific journals and a magazine for cancer survivors,
patients, and their caregivers. The AACR funds meritorious research
directly as well as in cooperation with numerous cancer organizations.
As the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer, the AACR provides
expert peer review, grants administration, and scientific oversight of
team science and individual investigator grants in cancer research that
have the potential for near-term patient benefit. The AACR actively
communicates with legislators and other policymakers about the value of
cancer research and related biomedical science in saving lives from
cancer. For more information about the AACR, visit www.AACR.org.
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