Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$344,250.00

Award Date

8/30/2010

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 overall goal of this project is to develop more effective therapeutic regimens for the treatment of colorectal cancer. These regimens will target not only malignant epithelial cells of the tumor, but also the cancer stem cells responsible for tumor r