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Larner College of Medicine faculty Gary and Janet Stein are principal investigators on a new $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore the epigenetics of breast cancer with the goal of finding new drug targets. (Photos: Sally McCay, Larner College of Medicine)
Project to Identify New Targets for Drug Treatment That Could Prevent or Halt Disease
Vermont Business Magazine A team of University of Vermont scientists and physician investigators at the UVM Cancer Center and the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network has been awarded a $9 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to investigate the underlying causes of breast cancer with the goal of identifying new cellular-level targets that could be treated with drugs to prevent the disease or halt its progression.