Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$112,693.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

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 proposed research focuses on the development of highly cancer-specific, ultra-sensitive nanoprobes for MR imaging of breast tumors. These nanoprobes have the potential to provide early detection of breast cancer for timely intervention of this dreadf