Research from the Monell Chemical Senses Center have received a three-year, $815,000 grant to advance their work in identifying a characteristic odor that can be used to detect early stage ovarian cancer.
The grant was awarded to the Philadelphia research center by the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation.
Monell organic-analytical chemist George Preti is the principal investigator for the study, which will involve a multi-disciplinary team of researchers confirming initial findings of a unique odor pattern, known as an odor signature, for ovarian cancer.
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