Mays Cancer Center and Evestra Inc. receive multimillion-dollar grant for research and development of innovative ovarian cancer drug

September 6, 2022

Contact: Eileen Teves, 210-450-7239, tevese@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (September 6, 2022) – The Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio and a local partner have been awarded a five-year, $3.3 million Academic Industry Partnership grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is the first grant of this kind awarded to The University of […]



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