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Shortly after starting her Ph.D. program in integrative pathobiology at UC Davis, Angela Courtney was diagnosed with breast cancer. Three other members of her family received a similar diagnosis within that same year.

Courtney’s research focus became clear: Find a simple but effective test that would allow women to detect breast cancer in the early stages, when the chances of recovery are greatest.

Courtney, who completed her doctorate last year, has done just that, developing a urine test that could speed early detection of breast cancer. Not only is this method less expensive than a mammogram, it would let women avoid the radiation associated with those tests.

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“Of course, this was a very difficult time for me, but the best way for me to cope with it was to look at it as a problem in need of a solution,” Courtney said. By detecting breast cancer early, “it won’t get to the stage and the point where radiation and chemotherapy and double mastectomies are needed.”

Courtney has teamed with UC Davis alum Michael Gilson. After winning an award at the UC Davis Big Bang business plan competition, they founded Adrastia Biotech in 2015 and are working to commercialize the urine test for detecting breast cancer.

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Courtney and Gilson are not alone. Scientists across the University of California system are taking aim at breast cancer. Along with developing better detection methods, researchers are making advances in imaging techniques and tapping into advances in genetics and immunology to develop more refined approaches to treatment.
Improved imaging