Novel Prostate Cancer Cell Lines to Address Prostate Cancer Disparity in Black Men
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Funding Fogarty Program
Emerging Global Leader
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Novel Prostate Cancer Cell Lines to Address Prostate Cancer Disparity in Black Men
Principal Institution
University of the West Indies
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Badal, Simone Annmarie
Project Contact Information
Email: simone.badal@uwimona.edu.jm
Year(s) Awarded
2020-2025
Country
Jamaica
Collaborators
Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center
NIH Partners
NCI
Project Description
The lack of representation of samples from men of African ancestry (MAA) in preclinical and clinical research is believed to contribute to the higher incidence and mortality rates of prostate cancer among MAA. As cell lines are tools used to understand the biology of tumors from which they are derived as well as to develop therapeutics and diagnostics (theranostics), the underrepresentation of these from MAA needs urgent rectifying. This project seeks to develop novel MAA cell lines that will aid in developing novel therapies from Jamaican natural products for MAA with PCa, a patient population with the highest incidence and worst mortality rates for PCa.
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