Isolation and characterization of bronchioalveolar carcinoma stem cells

Targeted Therapeutics Research Award
Funded equally by LUNGevity Foundation and Joan's Legacy
Carla Kim, PhD
Children's Hospital
Boston
MA

Dr. Kim’s hypothesis is that bronchioloalveolar carcinomas, a subtype of non-small cell lung cancer, are maintained by a small population of cells often referred to as cancer stem cells. Dr. Kim is identifying these stem cells and drugs that inhibit them.