| Grant ID | RP230447 |
| Awarded On | August 16, 2023 |
| Title | Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting: FACSAria Fusion |
| Program | Academic Research |
| Award Mechanism | TREC: Major Instrumentation Award |
| Institution/Organization | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| Principal Investigator/Program Director | Min H Kang |
| Cancer Sites | Childhood and Adolescent, Pancreas, Prostate |
| Contracted Amount | $901,225 |
| Lay Summary |
It is well known that not all cancer patients even those with the same type of cancer are the same. Even a tumor collected from a patient has multiple different types of cells, and the cells that are resistant to chemotherapy may outgrow and make cancer recur. Thus, it is important to separate the cells by their types to research what makes those cells outgrow. The separation is possible using an instrument called a cell sorter. A cell sorter, as the name indicates, is a device to sort and collect particular cell types from a mixture of cells. It allows us to separate cells based on their sizes, cellular characteristics, and biological features of them. In recent years, advances in technolo... |