Battling cancer with engineering: NCI funds new $13 million canc...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Sun, 10/25/2009 - 22:00

(Cornell University) Adding potent research firepower and fresh physical perspectives to combat cancer, the National Cancer Institute has funded the new Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University.

It is one of 12 new research centers across the nation being announced today by the NCI. This grant is for $13 million over five years.

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