Collaborative Research Centers
- Brain Tumor Center
- Center for Cell Engineering
- Center for Health Policy & Outcomes
- Center for Stem Cell Biology
- Center for Comparative Medicine & Pathology
- Experimental Therapeutics Center
- Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
- Lucille Castori Center for Microbes, Inflammation & Cancer
- Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
- Metastasis Research Center
- Nanotechnology Center
We are developing methods and strategies to construct complex molecules with multifunctional capabilities for diagnosis and/or therapy that might be self-assembling in vivo by use of synthetic nanomaterials and biological ligands.
biological (BY-oh-LAH-jih-kul)
Pertaining to biology or to life and living things. In medicine, refers to a substance made from a living organism or its products. Biologicals may be used to prevent, diagnose, treat or relieve of symptoms of a disease. For example, antibodies, interleukins, and vaccines are biologicals. Biological also refers to parents and children who are related by blood.
Source: The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms(http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary)
diagnosis (DY-ug-NOH-sis)
The process of identifying a disease, such as cancer, from its signs and symptoms.
Source: The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms(http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary)
synthetic (sin-THEH-tik)
Having to do with substances that are man-made instead of taken from nature.
Source: The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms(http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary)
therapy (THAYR-uh-pee)
Treatment.
Source: The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms(http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary)
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