Grant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Amount
$143,474.00
Award Date
8/28/2009
Administering Agency
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health
CDFA Number
93.701
CDFA Program Title
Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support
Description
PTEN is a tumor suppressor and the first phosphatase identified to be frequently mutated/deleted somatically in a variety of human cancers. Substantial evidence supports that loss of PTEN promotes the development of human cancer. PTEN normally serves to r