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Sylvester Researchers Receive $1.7 Million NIH Grant to Study Epigenetic Mechanisms in ER+ Breast Cancer
A team led by Lluis Morey, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to investigate treatment resistance in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer. Specifically, the group will study polycomb repressive complexes (PcGs), which play major and often conflicting roles in early development and cancer.