MICROFLUIDIC APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL BONE MARROW MICR


Year of Award:
2014
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA174543
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-13-003
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
ZILBERBERG, JENNY
Other PI or Project Leader:
LEE, WOO YOUNG
Institution:
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable B cell malignancy, is the second most frequent blood disease in the United States. This disease is characterized by a clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM), the presence of high levels o