Funding Agency:

NIH/National Cancer Institute (Grant No. 3P01 CA68067)

Total Project Period:

05/23/2005 - 03/31/2010

Total Project Award:

$621,961

Principal Investigators:

Walter J. Storkus, PhD, Hideho Okada, MD, PhD, Paul Robbins, PhD

Co-Investigators:

None

Project Summary:

This is a program project grant to evaluate dendritic cells genetically engineered to express cytokines in preclinical cancer models. Dr. Okada is a project leader for Project 1 that will develop effective delivery of cytokines and modulation of micro-tumor environment in central nervous system tumors.