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Welcome to NanoTumor Center

Welcome to the Center for Nanotechnology for the Treatment, Understanding and Monitoring of Cancer (NanoTumor).

In September 2005, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) implemented a $144 million initiative by awarding eight center type (U54) cooperative agreements to universities across the United States to create Centers for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE's). One of the awards was made to UCSD and its Moores Cancer Center on behalf of a six-institution consortium known as the NanoTumor Center. The grant mandates each center to be multi-institutional and interdisciplinary, bringing together the best and brightest from engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology and health sciences to help fight cancer taking advantage of the unique capabilities offered by nanotechnology. Cancer Nanotechnology can radically change the way we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer.
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