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Baylor, Rice researchers receive $2.3M to develop antibody therapy for metastatic breast cancer

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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University received a $2.3 million Breakthrough Award from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to develop a novel NanoGel antibody therapy that targets ER+ breast cancer that has metastasized to bone. 

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