August 19th, 2008

Previously, HealthPoint PA has posted about John Kanzius, the Erie man who used his background in radio waves to invent a device that will treat cancer.

Now, reports the Erie Times-News:

“U.S. Rep. Phil English, of Erie, R-3rd Dist., visited Kanzius’ lab Monday to promise $500,000 in federal funding for the external radio-frequency generator. The House Committee on Appropriations has approved the funds, and the House could act on it as early as September, English said.

The bill must still be approved by the full House and Senate and signed by President Bush, though English said “it’s very close” to being a done deal.

Government funding is crucial, Kanzius said, because it can speed research at both M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.”