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IAM faculty member and Debreczeny Distinguished Professor Nancy Allbritton recently won two National Institutes of Health grants for developing rapid tests for cancer. Under an existing University Cancer Research Fund with David Lawrence, Eschelman, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, the researchers produced a new and more rapid tool targetting a simple blood test for leukemia. Based on these exciting results, the two have now won new NIH grants to extend their work. Professor Allbritton is the Prinicpal Investigator, along with Professor Lawrence and cancer experts Channing Der and Jen Jen Yeh, professors in Phamacology and Surgery, respectively, to develop breast and pancreatic cancer tests. Professor Lawrence is the PI, along with Professors Allbritton and Young Whang (Medical School), on a grant focused on prostate cancer. The grants are worth almost $5M over five years. For more on this exciting work see UNC-CAS.
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Last Updated on Monday, 29 June 2009 14:05 |
