ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING CANCER CELLS EARLY IN DISEASE


Year of Award:
2001
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R44
Project Number:
CA083598
RFA Number:
PAR-99-101
Technology Track:
Molecular & Cellular Analysis Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
RAO, CHANDRA
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
IMMUNICON CORPORATION
The long term objective of this proposal is commercialization of a test for the management of cancer. Immunicon has developed a sensitive test for detecting tumor cells in peripheral blood. This test uses ferrofluids and magnetic separation technology for