METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE EFFICACY OF A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC REGIMEN FOR GASTRIC AND GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER USING ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR...
Filed on 1995-12-01
Drs. Alan Alfano, Laura Prestia, and Robert Sons, technology transfer rookies at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Technology Transfer Center (TTC), established the first federal Technology Transfer Ambassadors Program (TTAP). The TTAP is a year-long, hybrid training/mentoring program for NCI post-doctoral scientists seeking professional and career development about invention development, commercialization, and entrepreneurship.
NCI TTC:
• Alan Alfano, Ph.D., TTM
• Laura Prestia, Ph.D., TTM
• Robert Sons, Ph.D., TTM
HIV microbicides are not currently sold commercially, and many other HIV prevention techniques remain unavailable or unfeasible in developing countries where the disease is most prevalent. The technology transfer effort of developing large scale production methods of CV-N in soy beans helps to address this issue. The ability to produce CV-N in large quantities at low cost affords researchers the potential to develop effective HIV prevention methods worldwide.