NIH Award Boosts (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

NIH Award Boosts

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A NIH New Innovator award to UC Davis professor Sean Collins will boost his research on modifying immune cells to attack tumors without setting off dangerous side-effects. The image on the left shows the cell membrane of a white blood cell crawling in the direction of the arrow. The image on the right shows an activity heat map of a protein believed to be involved in steering the cell.

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Collins lab, UC Davis

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