With less money available for crucial research funding, The Canadian Cancer Society is trying to do more with less and be creative with the funding it has. As The Globe and Mail reports, the non-profit just launched a new initiative focused on awarding grants to scientists who are trying different ideas, counterintuitive theories and overall just thinking outside of the box. Recently, 23 projects gained an average $200,000 in grants each. Among the more intriguing ones: Cardiologist Geoffrey Pickering at the University of Western Ontario believes that rather than starving a cancer tumor, you should overfeed it, boosting its blood supply to the point where it would be paralyzed from spreading any more. (Tumors with lots of oxygen also may respond better to radiation.) It's also a bit unconventional that Pickering, a cardiologist, is pursuing cancer research. Story