Having established the effectiveness of her nanoparticle drug-delivery system for cancer immunotherapy, University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher Prabhani Atukorale, has been awarded $2.5 million from NIH to broaden the scope of her vaccine research to include treating those with active cancer.
Mina Sedrak, director of the UCLA Center for Cancer and Aging and co-director of Cancer Control and Survivorship Research at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from NIH to develop strategies to improve physical recovery and reduce frailty in older adults following hematopoietic cell transplantation, commonly known as a bone marrow or stem cell transplant.
