Primary Recipient

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$3,248.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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

This project investigates the potential of targeting two amino acid transporters, ASCT2 and LAT1, as therapy for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to determine their role in HCC development and growth. The incidence of HCC is on the rise in the Un