Jarvis Christian University senior biology major Esther Chicou from Benin, West Africa, is presenting her novel cancer research at the 2024 Black in Cancer (BIC) conference at the Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, June 20-21. Her abstract was titled: Green Chemistry Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Mint (Mentha asiatica) Extract and its Application on Cancer Treatment. The research was funded by a grant from the Welch Foundation and included JCU grant co-authors Fulbright Scholar Dr. S.M. Abu Sayem, Chemistry Professor Dr. Glendora Carter, and Biology Professor Dr. Shakhawat Bhuiyan.
