A research group in the division of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a National Cancer Institute grant to extend a Barrett’s Esophagus translational research network with Columbia University and the Mayo Clinic until 2022. The total award is $6.5 million for all three sites. (The group has additional collaborators at MIT, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Munich Technical University.)
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Penn Gastroenterologists Receive Funding to Continue Research Partnership on Barrett's Esophagus National Cancer Institute Funding Extends Collaboration with Columbia, Mayo Clinic