Prevention of Nodal Metastasis in Lung Cancer via Lymphatic Trafficking of Paclitaxel-Loaded Expansile Nanoparticles

Targeted Therapeutics Research Award
Funded equally by LUNGevity Foundation and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation
Onkar Khullar, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston
MA

Dr. Khullar’s project addresses a huge unmet need in lung cancer–how to ensure chemotherapy drugs are being delivered at the right concentration to sites of lung cancer metastasis. He has developed a nanoparticle system in which the particles carry the chemotherapy paclitaxel to different sites of metastasis, thus preventing the spread of lung cancer.

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