New center to open up new directions in cancer research

(Northwestern University) Northwestern University has been awarded a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish an interdisciplinary research center for the study of genes and their role in cancer. The Physical Sciences-Oncology Center brings together physical scientists and cancer biologists to use nontraditional, physical-sciences based approaches to understand and control cancer. A better understanding of the mechanisms could lead to better diagnostics and therapeutics, and open up new directions for research.

source : www.eurekalert.org

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