Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program: Identifying Biomarkers of Metastasis Through Biosynthetic Tagging
Funding Agency: Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program
Title: Identifying biomarkers of metastasis through biosynthetic tagging
Status: Active
Period: 9/19-8/21.
Role: Principal Investigator
Grant Detail:
To identify miRNA markers of metastasis by combining a murine model of lung cancer metastasis, a protozoan enzyme that enables biosynthetic labeling of RNA, and expression profiling by NGS.
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