| Grant ID | RP110412 |
| Awarded On | October 29, 2010 |
| Title | Biodegradable theranostic nanoparticles for detection and treatment of thyroid cancer |
| Program | Academic Research |
| Award Mechanism | High Impact/High Risk |
| Institution/Organization | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Principal Investigator/Program Director | Jian Yang |
| Cancer Sites | Thyroid |
| Contracted Amount | $200,000 |
| Lay Summary |
This research involves working on the design, synthesis, and development of a novel nanotechnology system for thyroid cancer detection and treatment. Our designed system will effectively detect thyroid cancer and deliver drugs to thyroid tumors only, thereby leading to potential combined diagnosis and treatment of diseases in a single setting. Thus, this research work is very important to public health as the proposed system will overcome several limitations of current detection and treatment modalities for thyroid cancer such as a low detection efficiency of small tumor lesions and severe complications from chemotherapy including hair loss, weakness, nausea, and hypertension. |