SMHS Researchers Awarded $1.87 Million Grant for Cancer Research

Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), received a $1.87 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research the regulation of repetitive elements in cancer by P53 and epigenetic mechanisms. 

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