Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M D ANDERSON

Amount

$639,100.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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 lack of efficient gene delivery systems is the most important barrier to the use of gene therapy for cancer. There is an urgent need to develop vectors that are capable of selective, efficient, and safe delivery of genes to tumors. Until this need is