NeoClone Biotechnology awarded $250K for ovarian cancer test

NeoClone Biotechnology awarded $250K for ovarian cancer test

Madison, Wis.NeoClone Biotechnology has been awarded $250,000 in two Small Business Innovation Research grants that will enable the company to expand its development of a test that could improve the detection of ovarian cancer.
Funding came from the National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. It will allow NeoClone, which produces monoclonal antibody products used by researchers, to expand ongoing work funded by a previous SBIR grant.
NeoClone, which has received several SBIR grants in the past year, has developed a patented technology to challenge traditional market approaches for antibody development. The company has developed a way to produce monoclonal antibodies in an accelerated time frame, and it can produce antibodies that bind to a specific substance in the disease detection process. The antibodies bind to molecules associated with various diseases, including several forms of cancer.
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