ASSESSING THE RISK OF UV-INDUCED SKIN CANCER VIA NON-INVASIVE EPIDERMAL SAMPLING


Year of Award:
2015
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA191133
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-14-005
Technology Track:
Biospecimen Science Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
MITRAGOTRI, SAMIR S
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
The objective of this study is to develop 'a methodology for sampling DNA from skin to assess the risk of UV-induced skin cancer development'. Our goal is to establish non-invasive biomarker sampling from skin for a variety of systemic and cutaneous disea