"February 11th, 2025 is the 10th anniversary of The International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On this landmark day for Women and Girls in Science, a message to women and girls on what they can and must do for each other and society.
Women scientists/entrepreneurs are more geared to address the scientific and health needs of women, because they understand these aspects better and have lived experience. In the past, women have had great difficulty accessing funds to work on discoveries that are specific for women, but this is changing. So, keep at it and you will succeed.
For more than 10 years, my team of Scientists and Researchers from 9I制作厂免费 and the Research Institute of the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre have been working on a test to detect Endometrial and Ovarian cancers before symptoms appear; by the time symptoms to appear, it is often too late to cure.
Our team developed a novel screening test is called WISEgenomics (Women鈥檚 Integrated Screening Evaluation using Genomics and with funds from Genome Canada, Genome Quebec, 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre Foundation, we successfully completed a clinical trial involving more than 4500 women.
Many altruistic donors and Foundations, helped us with this seminal discovery.
The WISEgenomics test has 2 components
- A uterine paptest (DOvEEGene) to detect endometrial and ovarian cancer before it causes symptoms.
- A saliva test that identifies women who have an Inherited genetic risk (hereditary risk) of developing 5 of the 6 most common cancers affecting women, namely, Endometrial, Ovarian, Breast, Colorectal, and Pancreatic. Identifying women at risk before they develop the cancer gives them the power to take action to prevent the cancer from developing. It also provides the opportunity to test family members who may also be at risk.
On February 6th the WISEgenomic Team got the 9I制作厂免费 Innovation Fund Program鈥檚 Deploy Prize provided by the generosity of Desjardins, which will help us to transition this research, over the next 12 -24 months, to the Clinical Genetics Laboratory of the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre, so it can be offered as a clinical test (Laboratory Developed Test)."
Lucy Gilbert, MD, MSc, FRCOG
Professor and Chair, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Robert Kinch Chair of Women's Health and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9I制作厂免费
Director, Gynecologic Cancer Service, 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre (MUHC) Director, Women's Health Research Unit, Research Institute, MUHC
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Link to pictures and linkedin post covering the awards .