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Breaking NEWS
 January 11, 2010: Erie, PA. Pennsylvania State Representative John Hornaman pledged half of his cost of living adjustment from the State Legislature to the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation and half to his church's foodbank. Recently he presented the check to Maryann Yochim, president of the Foundation.
Dahlkemper Announces $700,000 to Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation
Funds will purchase critical equipment for cancer research
 December 16, 2009 Washington—Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3) today announced that the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation in Erie has been awarded $700,000 in funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help develop the novel radio frequency wave cancer treatment championed by the late John Kanzius.
"John Kanzius envisioned an innovative treatment for cancer that has the potential to save thousands of lives,” said Dahlkemper. “I am proud to support the mission of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation and help secure federal resources for the Kanzius Non-invasive Radiowave Cancer Treatment project. Radio frequency treatment research not only brings hope to those diagnosed with cancer, but it also brings the promise of quality jobs in Erie .”
The funds will be used to purchase critical laboratory equipment for observing cells before and after using the Kanzius Radio Frequency Device and for confirming laboratory results. Some of the laboratory equipment includes a dynamic light scattering instrument, Cellometer, flow cytometry laser upgrades and ICP mass spectroscopy.
“Cancer is very personal; it has dramatically touched all of our lives in one way or another. What a perfect affirmation of hope, especially during this holiday season, to receive these funds introduced by Congresswoman Dahlkemper,” said Mark Neidig, executive director of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. “On behalf of our foundation, and the millions of cancer patients and their families around the world, thank you for believing in the potentials of our work.”
John Kanzius was the CEO and Manager of Therm Med, LLC, and spent his lengthy career in broadcast engineering, management and ownership. When Kanzius was diagnosed with a rare form of B-cell leukemia, he drew on his years of experience in broadcast and electrical engineering to envision a better way to treat cancer using physics and the use of non-invasive radio frequency waves. Kanzius passed away in February as a result of his cancer.
Kanzius' cancer-fighting device gets $500,000 from state
State funds to help build human-sized cancer-killing machine
 December 15, 2009, News Release: Governor provides funding for Kanzius Project.
State Representative John Hornaman represented Governor Edward G. Rendell in announcing a Department of Community and Economic Development grant of $500,000 to benefit the dream of the late broadcast executive John Kanzius to develop a device to stop cancer in its tracks.
The grant will be shared by the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, which focuses on awareness and funding of the research using Kanzius’ radio-wave invention, and Industrial Sales & Manufacturing of Erie, which is designing and producing the prototype human-sized scanner beds for human trials.
Rep. Hornaman, who arranged the first meeting between the Governor and Kanzius in May of 2008, thanked the Governor for the funds and for expediting the process. “I am proud that the Commonwealth is recognizing the incredible promise that this research offers,” he said. “I am also excited when I think about the local development potential and the job opportunities that will be created.
“John Kanzius’ vision was about hope. This grant will fortify his vision and that hope. His invention has the potential to be the greatest cancer break-through in the last half-century,” Hornaman remarked.
James “Jim” Rutkowski Jr., general manager of Industrial Sales & Manufacturing, a local family business involved in the production of the device, spoke about some technical aspects and how the grant will help in the manufacturing of Kanzius’ invention. “Engineering is in progress and this grant from the Commonwealth will certainly assist us in getting the final human-size scanner beds produced so Phase 2 human trials can begin. We owe the Governor and Rep. Hornaman a huge debt of gratitude in getting us all to the next stage,” Rutkowski stated.
Mark Neidig, executive director of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, expressed excitement on behalf of his board members, including president Maryann Yochim and member Patrick Fetzner who were also present. "An announcement like this is really great news for all of us. More specifically for the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, it is another milestone that our project has passed. It will help us get to FDA approval so we can move forward to human trials.
“We celebrate with Industrial Sales and echo all of your expressions of gratitude to Governor Rendell and those who made this funding possible,” Neidig commented. He particularly commended Representative Hornaman for his diligent pursuit of the state funding and for his persistence in urging others to continue contributing generously to this research. “For generations to come, we have the unique ability to keep this hope alive for cancer patients and their families around the world,” he said.
The news conference was held at Industrial Sales & Manufacturing’s laboratory, where Kanzius actually worked on his invention. Rep. Hornaman concluded, “This project began as a local initiative by the local inventive genius of John Kanzius, who was a cancer victim himself; today it is advancing with national recognition and support.”
Media coverage of Hornaman announcement:
Erie Times News
WJET Video
WICU Video
Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation
Announces NCI Grant to Fund Research
 Erie, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2009 - The Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation announced today that Steven Curley M.D., primary investigator of the Kanzius Non-invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This grant, to be paid over the next five years, will be used for continuing research on the Kanzius Treatment which seeks to kill human cancer cells treated with gold nanoparticles without damaging healthy cells.
This grant is part of an $11.6 million NCI research grant awarded to a group of facilities including The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, to spur research in cancer and help create 12 consortiums of research centers to examine new methods of treating cancer. One of those consortiums to be created is the Center for Transport Oncophysics (CTO) at M.D. Anderson.
"By bringing a fresh set of eyes to the study of cancer, these new centers have great potential to advance, and sometimes challenge, accepted theories about cancer and its supportive microenvironment," said NCI Director John E. Niederhuber, M.D.
Steven Curley, M.D. will be co-leading the consortium. "This novel collaboration will help us sharpen a promising potential therapy that destroys tumors by using radio waves to heat up gold nanoparticles embedded inside them," Curley said.
Curley has been leading research for the cancer treatment approach invented by the late John Kanzius, a leukemia patient treated at M.D. Anderson and retired broadcast engineer before his death in February, 2009. The theory behind the treatment is simple: inject a patient with gold nanoparticles; force the nanoparticles into the targeted cancer cells; slide the patient into the radio field and allow the radio waves to penetrate the body, heat the nanoparticles, and cause them to kill the cancer.
"The key to making this work is to so precisely target nanoparticles to the tumor that you destroy the tumor with radio waves while sparing other tissue," Curley said. "The CTO will address that central issue."
The preliminary research shows that the Kanzius Non-invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment is effective: 100% of the cancer cells are destroyed, there is no damage to neighboring “good” tissues/cells, there are no side effects and no surgery is required.
“This is incredibly exciting and encouraging news for the Kanzius Foundation,” said Mark A. Neidig Sr., Executive Director of the Erie, Pennsylvania based Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. “An NCI grant positions our research work with a stronger base; one which makes a very loud statement regarding the credibility and validity of both our preliminary findings and future studies.”
Marianne Kanzius, wife of the late John Kanzius adds, “I am so pleased with the work that Dr. Curley has done to date and congratulate him on the tenacity it has taken to achieve this coveted funding. The NCI grant is a tremendous acclamation to his work and movement of John’s dream one step closer to reality.”
The work of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation is far from complete. The added funding to Dr. Curley’s research is but one aspect of funding needed to advance the multiple research venues utilizing the Kanzius technology and to secure FDA approval.
“The NCI grant was sorely needed and advances our work with vigor,” said Neidig. “However, the total pre-human clinical trial cost is upwards to $12 million so our work continues.” To read more about the NCI grant.
60 Minutes Features Kanzius Update
 Sunday, October 18, 2009:
Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on the Kanzius Non-invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment.
October 18, 2009 CBS 60 Minutes
April 14, 2008 60 Minutes Video
For specific information, follow the links below:
Make a donation to fund the research now.
For more information about the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation.
For ways in which you can help the cause.
For more information about the 60 Minutes broadcast.
For information about participation in Clinical Trials.
To receive regular updates from the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation.
Community for Kanzius Second Annual Telethon
And the total is: $154,063.23!
 October 05, 2009: The total to date exceeds the 2008 telethon by 50% and sets a new record! Thanks to Lilly Broadcasting and its three affiliates WICU, WSEE and the CW and their on-air personalities and staff, the Second Annual Community for Kanzius Telethon was a huge success. More than 40 volunteers staffed phones at two locations, WICU studios and the Scott Enterprises' Ambassador Conference Center for more than three hours. Our online community made donations for several days prior to the telethon and raised more than $9,700 from over 100 individual donors in 22 states and three foreign countries.
FULL STORY AND VIDEO
FIGHT CANCER: WAVES OF HOPE
 September 27, 2009 The News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida: The News-Press spent four months reporting on the work of John Kanzius, the late part-time Sanibel resident who battled leukemia and invented a cancer-fighting machine in the process. His invention may hold the promise of treating people who are stricken by the disease each year. To read this excellent series, click here.
August Progress Report:
Video of Dr. Steven Curley Now Available
 September 21, 2009: Taking the Kanzius Dream to Reality. A Progress Report. On Friday, August 28th, Dr. Steven Curley, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, presented a status report detailing recent progress with the Kanzius Non-Invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment. The presentation consists of six videos, labeled Part 1 through Part 6. You can follow this link to the Manufacturer's and Business Association's web site, select "See All" under the column on the right side of the page and view the videos in order.
Additional media coverage is available at the following sites:
Erie Times-News, August 29: Read article.
WJET TV, August 28: Video Link
WSEE TV, August 28: Video Link
July 29, 2009: Editorial in Erie Times News: "Kanzius Foundation Reaches Higher"
Faces of the Fight A Volunteer Profile
Alyson Amendola
 Alyson Amendola is a person who doesn't let anything stop her. Outgoing and gorgeous, she is a successful professional woman who still manages to put her son Conor and her family at the top of her priorities. Read about her fight against cancer and be inspired by her determination to make things better for others faced with the devastating diagnosis of cancer. She's been there twice on her own, and twice with her mother. For more of this heart-warming story, click here.
More Faces of the Fight
Toni Dillon
Dan Huggins
Dennis Rohde
 PLAN or TAKE PART IN A FUNDRAISER
Check out our Calendar in the Events category, and then take a look at Spread The Wave to see other ways to help keep the Kanzius Non-invasive Radio Wave Cancer Treatment on target for human trials in 2010. Register your event and expand your publicity efforts with a listing on our web page and facebook.
Cook for a Cure!
In 2007, Tracy Elementary School teacher Megan Collins was diagnosed with breast cancer. After watching their teacher endure three surgeries, followed by radiation and chemotherapy, her students knew a lot more about cancer and the suffering caused not only by the disease, but by common treatments available today. They wanted to help.
Knowing that Ms. Collins loves to cook (and eat!) they created a cookbook with more than 200 recipes submitted by staff and students and decided to donate the profit to the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation. Their dream is to give others hope from what they have learned first hand.
Cookbooks are $10.00 each and are available at Tracy Elementary School, 2624 West 6th Street, Erie, PA and at the Kanzius Foundation office, located in Erie, PA at 1001 State Street, 14th Floor.
For more information, call Megan Collins at 814 835-5800.
Tee Shirts Available on Ebay
 Check out these white, short-sleeved Jerzee tees on Ebay. Help make others aware of the research and the need for more funding to make human trials possible. The John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation receives 100% of the proceeds of these tee shirt sales.
For more information and to place your order....GO HERE!
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