This grant will be utilized to support the clinical therapeutic research efforts of Dr. Freireich. His major research activities relate to bridging between laboratories and clinical science. The fundamental observations of therapeutic effects in patients with adult acute leukemia reveal important new investigative opportunities for the laboratory scientist and at the same time, progress in basic laboratory research has the potential for leading to new fundamental understanding of the clinical diseases. Dr. Freireich's career commitment to the understanding of acute leukemia has contributed significantly to the rapid revealed important new biological facts about disseminated leukemia which have found wide application to the understanding of cancer biology.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Unknown (R35)
Project #
5R35CA039809-05
Application #
3479078
Study Section
(SRC)
Project Start
1985-08-15
Project End
1992-07-31
Budget Start
1989-08-01
Budget End
1990-07-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department
Type
Hospitals
DUNS #
001910777
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030
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