$4.1 – Million – Award for India-origin Scientist

$4.1 – Million – Award for India-origin Scientist

Houston: An Indian – American scientist has won a $4-1-million award given by the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) for breast cancer research.

Shiladiya Sengupta, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard-MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology, is among three winners of the “Era of Hope Scholar Award, 2006” given by the DoD’s breast cancer research programme.

“This is a great honour and an opportunity that will allow us to look at breast cancer management in a completely innovative manner. It’s not just above the dividing cancer cells but also blood vessels which supply the growing tumour and the matrix that surrounds it.” Mr.Sengupta said.

His recent work brought together cancer biology, Pharmacology and engineering to create an anti-cancer drug delivery device dubbed the nanocell. The technology has the potential to eliminate the systemic toxicity caused by chemotherapy by directing drugs to act only where they are needed. The concept is now being commercialized by Tempo Pharmaceuticals, and MIT start-up.

The award will help Mr.Sengupta to continue his research and further the efforts of his institute to improve medical diagnostics and therapeutics.

The U.S. award recognizes talented and early-career scientists.

$4.1 – Million – Award for India-origin Scientist

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