2012 Lung Cancer Research Foundation Annual Grant Program
Mohammed Hassanein,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Research Project:
Investigating the functional contribution of glutamine transporter SLC1A5 in lung cancer growth and survival
Summary:
The grant will study a key component that determines the metabolism of lung cancer cells called an amino acid transporter. These findings could be applied to a novel method for image analysis of the cancer cells for use in a multiple laboratory settings.