A four-year, $1 million NIH grant will help refine the technology for a quick, in-the-field diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), a cancer frequently related to HIV infections. The award went to researchers—from WCM; Cornell University; the University of California, San Francisco; and Uganda’s Infectious Diseases Institute—who are working on a solar-powered system that will allow medical technicians to obtain biopsy samples in the field and easily administer reliable tests for KS. "Our project is developing an easy diagnostic method that can be implemented in small rural clinics, so that diagnosis can be made in the early stages and patients can be cured with available treatments," says Ethel Cesarman, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine.