Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$130,768.00

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

Prostate cancer is the major cancer of men, and androgen-independent prostate cancer tends to be highly aggressive and resistant to therapy. Previous research in our laboratory indicates that the androgen-independent prostate cancer cells, DU145 and PC3,