Hans Schmitthenner awarded $25K from the Foundation for Women's Wellness
Molecularly targeted probes for photodynamic therapy of breast cancer
Han Schmitthenner, research faculty from the College of Science, awarded $25K from the Foundation for Women's Wellness (FWW) to develop molecularly targeted photosensitizer (MTPS) probes used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) to kill cancer cells.
For more information about this research, please visit the Schmitthenner Molecular Imaging Lab website.
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