SAMPLE PREP METHODS TO ALLOW AUTOMATED 3D ANALYSIS OF MICROVESSEL MORPHOLOGY


Year of Award:
2007
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA125313
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-07-003
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
ROGERS, RICK
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH)
Abnormalities of vascular morphology resulting from angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, are characteristic of cancerous tumors and are associated with a switch from quiescent to aggressively invasive, metastatic behavior. Thus angiogenic act