CONDITIONALLY REPROGRAMMED CELLS AS A NOVEL TOOL FOR BIOBANKING


Year of Award:
2013
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R33
Project Number:
CA177466
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-12-005
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
SCHLEGEL, RICHARD
Other PI or Project Leader:
WELLSTEIN, ANTON
Institution:
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Our recent discovery of conditional reprogramming (CR) to generate cell cultures from human tissues offers new and exciting opportunities for biospecimen repositories. This cell technology makes it possible to rapidly generate cell cultures from surgical