Primary Recipient

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$171,140.00

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

Delivery of cell-killing doses of ionizing radiation to tumors is the objective of antibody-directed radioimmunotherapy (RIT). In practice however collateral damage to healthy bone marrow and kidneys limits the maximum delivered radiation dose. Pretarge