Grant ID RP160844
Awarded On August 17, 2016
Title Center for Innovative Drug Discovery: Enhancement of a Shared Cancer Resource for South Texas
Program Academic Research
Award Mechanism Core Facility Support Awards
Institution/Organization The University of Texas at San Antonio
Principal Investigator/Program Director Stanton McHardy
Cancer Sites All Sites
Contracted Amount $4,598,728
Lay Summary

This proposal outlines the enhancement and growth of the existing Center for Innovative Drug Discovery (CIDD), a truly first of its kind resource of core facilities and capabilities in South Texas to better support the discovery and development of new cancer therapeutics. The CIDD, which is comprised of two integrated core facilities for Medicinal Chemistry at UTSA and High Throughput Screening at UTHSCSA, has been providing researchers in San Antonio and South Texas access to coordinated technologies, services and expertise that advance drug discovery and development. The CIDD core facilities provide pharmaceutical industry level resources, capabilities and expertise to build collaborative ...

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