Music Beats Cancer is a DC nonprofit that raises funds for innovators working on cancer-fighting solutions. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off this October Music Beats Cancer’s held an exclusive fundraising contest for independent musicians with the top five artists who raise the most money will be featured on a 60-second spot on an iHeart Radio Station. Read Full Article

Not everyone has to like or agree with you, but it’s your job to plant the seeds of change. Read Full Article

Too many potential cures for cancer disappear in a funding bottleneck. Music Beats Cancer is changing this by leveraging the power and passion of people and music to help raise funds and awareness of promising cancer innovations that would otherwise linger in the Valley of Death. Read Full Article

The existence of the “Valley of Death” has led some innovators and cancer researchers to find or create additional means to obtain funding for potential solutions in the ongoing fight against cancer. Read Full Article

Sonogen is partnering with DMV area non-profit Music Beats Cancer to raise funding to achieve the goal of reaching FDA regulatory approval. CEO of Sonogen Medical, Jason Winder, says the idea was inspired by his family who served in the armed forces. Read Full Article

Christina Custode (Cus-to-– de),– an acclaimed musician and award-winning vocalist based out of the Greater Buffalo area, has teamed up with Music Beats Cancer, a one-of-a-kind nonprofit, supporting the innovators working on cancer-beating solutions by fundraising through rising artists. Read Full Article

Niagara Falls High School music teacher Christina Custode has more than a few pandemic-related challenges in her life right now, but she's still has time to advocate for cancer awareness. Read Full Article

Already well-known for her live concerts – prepandemic, Custode was regularly touring around the region – and her talent – Custode is a Grammy Award-contending singer/songwriter/pianist – Custode has added virtual concerts to her repertoire. In between livestreamed gigs, the Lewiston resident has been raising money for Music Beats Cancer. Read Full Article

Miami, Florida, based musician King Cavalli has partnered up with crowdfunding platform Music Beats Cancer and is raising money during National Minority Cancer Awareness Month. Read Full Article

Aphios International is developing a generally applicable pathogen reduction technology for pooled blood plasma and blood products, immunoglobulins, recombinant biologics and monoclonal antibodies used to treat cancer and COVID-19 patients. Read Full Article

“We are developing a pathogen-reduction technology called CFI to clear blood plasma, plasma products, biologics and medical devices of viruses and other pathogens. Read Full Article

The unique crowdfunding platform partners with musical artists across the US from various genres to raise money for cancer fighting solutions that are at risk of disappearing in a “funding bottleneck”. Read Full Article

A Maryland biotech company developed a test to help predict how sick you can get from COVID-19. The company is awaiting FDA emergency use approval. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports. Read Full Article

For CEO David Spiegel, the mission quickly became personal due to the impacts of COVID-19 on his family. “My cousin died on a Saturday from COVID. My mother died on the Sunday from COVID ... same weekend," he said. Read Full Article

IES Life Sciences and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's school of pharmacy are in the process of developing a nasal swab test that could predict the severity of COVID-19 symptoms a patient could face after testing positive. Read Full Article

To help get this product to the market and into doctors’ hands, developers have partnered with the crowdfunding platform Music Beats Cancer. Read Full Article

The scientists have found an uncommon source to funding the test through a nonprofit called Music Beats Cancer. "In a nutshell, Music Beats Cancer is a very different organization," said Mona Jhaveri, executive director of Music Beats Cancer. Read Full Article

One local musician is teaming up with the non-profit organization Music Beats Cancer. The organization raises funds for smaller cancer technology research companies. Music for Jules Iolyn is a vehicle for change. Read Full Article

On CBS 58 Sunday Morning, Brittany Lewis spoke with singer-songwriter Jules Iolyn about this new effort to combat the deadly disease. Read Full Article

A Milwaukee area native is using her music and platform to help fight cancer by teaming up with Music Beats Cancer, which raises funds to advance new cancer treatments. Read Full Article

A Coshocton native living in New York City the past five years is using his music to bring awareness to the battle against cancer. Read Full Article

“Our mission is to increase the number of cancer-fighting technologies in the product development pipeline so that more solutions make it to those in need” - Music Beats Cancer Read Full Article

The fight for cancer has been something the world has been dealing with for centuries. While scientists have found ways to combat it, for example chemotherapy, there isn't a definitive cure. There are many innovators trying to come up with new treatments, solutions and cures for cancer, but the number one thing they face is the lack of funds necessary to do this. Read Full Article

She was a cancer researcher for the National Cancer Institute on the path to discovering a new potential treatment. To get that treatment to the market, she had to leave the lab and become a biotech entrepreneur — and find a way to fund her treatment idea. Read Full Article

Music Beats Cancer is a nonprofit that raises money to help give more cancer research the chance to become new cancer solutions. Read Full Article

Music Beats Cancer Founder and Executive Director Dr. Mona Jhaveri joined 105.9 The Region to tell listeners how combining technology and crowdfunding is changing Read Full Article

Dr. Jhaveri explains how Music Beats Cancer strategically aligns with emerging musical artists to help us generate a movement of change in the war on cancer. Read Full Article

Mona Jhaveri, the founder and executive director of Music Beats Cancer – a Ridgefield, CT-based non-profit focused on beating back cancer – joins the podcast to discuss several topics, including the current cancer-fighting research and technology landscape. Read Full Article

If we ever wondered how important research is to identifying causes and cures for diseases that afflict society, the past nine months of the pervasive coronavirus have eliminated all doubt. It is research that drives discoveries that can save lives, and we’re seeing that play out in real time. Read Full Article

An initiative launched in Connecticut is taking direct aim at opening up the way in which research is funded, with the most elusive of illnesses – cancer – clearly in its sights. The premise is simple, and the need for progress undeniable. Read Full Article

Music Beats Cancer is a new cancer-fighting movement that capitalizes on influencers of our popular culture to help raise funds and awareness for promising cancer-fighting innovations. Read Full Article

In this episode, we delve into Mona’s background and how her organization Music Beats Cancer is helping cancer research companies make it through the valley of death. Creating crowd-funded supported cancer therapy is at the heart of the overall discussion Read Full Article

Translational research, the process of translating early discoveries into effective treatments for patients, is sometimes referred to as the “Valley of Death.” Why? Because it’s time consuming, costly, and has a rate of success hovering around 1 percent. I recently met a scientist who had experienced the Valley of Death firsthand. And rather than have her valley experience be her demise, she instead opted to develop a novel solution. This is her story. Read Full Article

Mona is the founder, executive director, and chairman of the board at Music Beats Cancer. She launched Music Beats Cancer to address the “Valley of Death,” the growing gap in funding that constrains the translation of cancer research discoveries into clinical applications. Read Full Article

Music Beats Cancer is changing the narrative for the war on cancer. It’s no longer just about searching for the cure. The mission now is to fund and support the advancement of potential solutions that are already out there. Read Full Article

IES Life Sciences and Music Beats Cancer discuss the crowdfunding campaign to support the development of an early stage diagnostic for ovarian cancer Read Full Article

#healthtech startups often fall into the Valley of Death because they can't get funding to get them through to their next inflection point. Read Full Article

When scientist Mona Jhaveri couldn’t find funding to commercialize her cancer research discovery, she was inspired to create a crowdfunding platform for cancer drug innovators. Read Full Article

No one seeks out failure, let alone likes it. Yet paradoxically, the key to success in medical innovation arguably rests on failure, and the learning it represents. Read Full Article

The Platform Magazine June 2018 Issue features CEO Mona Jhaveri of Music Beats Cancer. Read Full Article

A first-of-its-kind charitable crowdfunding platform, called Music Beats Cancer, has set out to change how the war on cancer is fought and financed. Read Full Article

Mona Jhaveri is a cancer researcher and pioneer in strategies to get funding behind real potential treatments and cures. Read Full Article

Healthcare innovators tackle how to improve the experience of those fighting for a healthy future Read Full Article

Describing the cancer research "Valley of Death" Read Full Article

Cancer sucks... we all know it’s not going away anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t battle it with all our might. Read Full Article

The Music Beats Cancer model empowers individuals to directly fund promising treatments. There’s nothing else like it. Read Full Article