Press Release -grant award "SQUID Imaging for Detection of Early Stage Ovarian Cancer"

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

"The National Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded a grant to Dr. Robert C. Bast, Jr. of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to work with Senior Scientific LLC, a company owned by Manhattan Scientifics (OTCBB: MHTX), to apply Senior Scientifics’ technology to the early detection of ovarian cancer.

Senior Scientific has pioneered a novel technology using special magnetic sensors and magnetic nanoparticles for a highly sensitive and very specific approach to cancer detection.

The new grant, entitled “SQUID Imaging for Detection of Early Stage Ovarian Cancer,” will augment Dr. Bast’s ongoing program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center with this emerging technology. Dr. Bast is a world leader in the early detection of ovarian cancer and was responsible for the discovery of the most accurate marker for this disease, CA-125......."