Primary Recipient

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$609,651.00

Award Date

8/19/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Photodynamic Therapy causing apoptosis (programmed cell death) rather than necrosis, is a very promising approach for the treatment of numerous cancers. Many PDT-agents can be delivered to cancer cells with high selectivity due to the overexpression of po