Every year, about 2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer and more than 600,000 of them have cancer that spreads or no longer responds to treatment because of cancer cell mutations. Researchers at ASU aim to solve this by making cancer care more personal, helping doctors adapt treatments to patients’ changing cancers.

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced up to $142 million in funding for personalized cancer detection and treatment. Arizona State University — alongside other top research institutions like MIT, Stanford, UC San Diego, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital — is selected for the program.

The research program will use powerful

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