Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$185,000.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

The goal of this research is to improve cancer treatment using ligand-targeted liposome encapsulated drugs. Liposomes are microscopic, spherical structures prepared from phospholipids. Cancer drugs can be encapsulated inside the liposome. In this research