NOVEL APPROACHES FOR STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF CANCER STEM CELL GLYCANS


Year of Award:
2010
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA138331
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-09-008
Technology Track:
Molecular & Cellular Analysis Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
HAKANSSON, KRISTINA
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Pancreatic cancer is expected to cause >32,000 deaths in he United States this year. This high mortality is largely due to lack of reliable methods for early tumor detection, and lack of treatment options that produce a cure. One complication with traditi