Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$285,000.00

Award Date

4/21/2010

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 objective of this grant application is to validate new drug target for pancreatic cancer treatment and/or prevention. Recent studies have demonstrated that STAT3 is constitutively active in several cancers, and downregulation of STAT3 can sensitize c