Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$270,382.00

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

Successful eradication of solid tumors and metastatic disease by immunotherapy requires systemic and persistent functional anti-tumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Dendritic cells (DC), as the pivotal initiator and regulator of immune responses, have bec