SBIR/STTR Research Award
RAPID AND AUTOMATED IN VITRO TEST SYSTEM FOR SCREENING ANTICANCER AGENTS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Microdrop/intellimetrics
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
WE PROPOSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTED TOWARDS AN IMPROVED AND MOSTLY AUTOMATED IN VITRO MAMMALIAN LONG TERM SURVIVAL ASSAY (CLONOGENICITY) TO BE USED FOR SCREENING ANTICANCER DRUGS. THE METHODS UNDERLYING THIS APPROACH ALLOW RAPID MEASUREMENTS ON LARGE NUMBERS OF CELLS AND COLONIES WHICH CAN BE MOSTLY AUTOMATED, AND WHICH CAN BE USED UNDER A WIDE VARIETY OF CELL CULTURE AND CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY CONDITIONS.
Technology keywords
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