Lester and Bernice Smith Challenge Award Grant

David Bowtell, PhD

August 16, 2019

David Bowtell, PhDPeter MacCallum Cancer Center2011–2013 Lester and Bernice Smith Fellow Challenge Grant Award Recipient – 2011 Circulating TP53 mutations as a biomarker of high-grade serous cancer In his proposed project, Dr. Bowtell will use the latest, most sensitive DNA sequencing techniques to study whether ovarian cancer tumors give off enough DNA into circulating blood […]

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André Lieber, MD, PhD

August 16, 2019

André Lieber, MD, PhDUniversity of Washington2016  Lester and Bernice Smith Challenge Award Grant Immuno-Prophylaxis of Ovarian Cancer Associated with High-Risk Germ Line Mutations Dr. Lieber’s project proposes a prophylactic gene therapy approach to introduce genes encoding antibodies into hematopoietic stem cells from the bone marrow. Ovarian cancer cells normally produce signals that inhibit immune cells […]

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