Peng Mao, assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine at UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a NCI grant totaling $1.6 million over five years for research into the “Mechanism of Transcription-coupled DNA Repair and its Impact on Cancer Mutations.”
Tumor heterogeneity is a well-recognized hurdle to successful cancer therapy, often leading to resistance and treatment failure.
