{"id":3653,"date":"2024-03-21T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2024-06-24T18:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:59:24","slug":"low-to-be-honored-by-american-lung-association-for-cancer-fighting-invention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q1\/low-to-be-honored-by-american-lung-association-for-cancer-fighting-invention","title":{"rendered":"Low to be honored by American Lung Association for cancer-fighting invention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Lung Association in Indiana<\/a>&nbsp;will honor Purdue University researcher Philip Low on April 13 at its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/get-involved\/events\/412324-evening-of-promise?_ga=2.163720252.244589836.1710873280-855927875.1709234405\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">annual gala<\/a>&nbsp;in Indianapolis for his invention of CYTALUX, which helps in the fight against lung cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low, Purdue\u2019s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/science\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College of Science<\/a>, developed CYTALUX, an FDA-approved fluorescent marker that Illuminates lung cancer cells during surgery. This allows surgeons to quickly distinguish malignant cells from healthy cells and confirm that all malignant cells have been removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cancer-research\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue Institute for Cancer Research<\/a>&nbsp;and founder and chief science officer for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ontargetlabs.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On Target Laboratories<\/a>, Low is being recognized with the association\u2019s Legacy Award, which is given to individuals or organizations whose accomplishments have contributed to ending lung cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/research\/features\/stories\/low-to-be-honored-by-american-lung-association-for-cancer-fighting-invention\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More information is available on the Purdue Office of Research website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media are welcome to share, post and publish these stories, photos and videos.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; The&nbsp;American Lung Association in Indiana&nbsp;will honor Purdue University researcher Philip Low on April 13 at its&nbsp;annual gala&nbsp;in Indianapolis for his invention of CYTALUX, which helps in the fight against lung cancer. 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