Primary Recipient

COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL COLLEGE, THE

Amount

$493,815.00

Award Date

8/12/2009

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

As breast and ovarian carcinoma progress the tumor cells develop invasive structures, which provide the cells with a mechanism to cross tissue barriers and metastasize. Activation of the tyrosine kinase cSrc is known to occur in breast and ovarian cancers