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Basic Science Research

Listed below are the Graduate School of Medicine's current funded basic science research projects. To see a current list of clinical trials, visit the clinical trials section of this Web site.

Phophylaxis of Surgical Site Infection Following Elective Colorectal Surgery
Principal Investigator: Blaine L. Enderson, MD
Department of Surgery

Trial of the Ex-Vivo Treatment with CGT003 of Peripheral Vein Grafts in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Arterial Bypass
Principal Investigator: Michael B. Freeman, MD
Department of Surgery

Prevention Trials of Breast & Bowel Cancers
Principal Investigator: Daniel M. Green, MD
Department of Radiology

Observation of Patients with High Risk After Surgical Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Prinicpal Investigator: Vinay K. Gupta, MD
Department of Surgery

Model for Prevention of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) in Former Smokers
Principal Investigator: George W. Kabalka, PhD
Department of Radiology

Use of C-100-12
Prinicpal Investigator: Frederick A. Klein, MD
Department of Surgery

ONYX-015 plus Intravenous Cisplatin/5FU in patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Prinicpal Investigator: J. Michael McCoy, DDS
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Proteins in Multiple Myeloma & Related Blood Diseases
Principal Investigator: Alan Solomon, MD
Human Immunology and Cancer Program

High Performance PET and CT Tomograph and Methodology for Oncology Imaging with a PET/CT Scanner
Prinicpal Investigator: David W. Townsend, PhD
Cancer Imaging and Tracer Development Research

Identification of Inhibitors of Light Chain Amyloidosis and SPECT/CT Imaging of Systemic AA-Amyloidosis in Mice
Prinicpal Investigator: Jonathan S. Wall, PhD
Human Immunology and Cancer Program

Conformational Antibodies Recognizing Amyloid Epitopes, Polyglutamine Aggregates, Structure/Function Analysis of A-Beta Fibril Assembly, Hydrogen Exchange Studies on A-Beta Amyloid Fibrils, and Hereditary Disease Screening Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Principal Investigator: Ron B. Wetzel, PhD
Amyloid and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Laboratory

Apoptosis and the Cell Cycle in Breast & Ovarian Cancer Cells
Prinicpal Investigator: Jay Wimalasena, PhD
Cancer Cell Biology Research Laboratory

Nitration of Prostacyclin Synthase in the Development of Vascular Complications in Diabetes and Intactivation of Prostacyclin Synthase by Peroxynitrite & Diabetic Vascular Complications
Principal Investigator: Ming Zou, MD, PhD
The Vascular Research Laboratory


 

 

 

 

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