Jeremy L. Steinbacher, PhD, is the recipient of a three-year $136,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The assistant professor of chemistry/biochemistry at Canisius will use the grant to study biomedical agents that can more safely and accurately target and attack cancer cells.
“The toxicity of many drugs limits the amount that can be administered, especially for many chemotherapies used to treat cancer,” says Steinbacher. His research involves microscopic nano-vehicles, known as drug-delivery agents, that package up chemotherapeutics and can then go straight to the diseased tissue. “If we can do this, we can then deliver higher doses of the drug to just the tumor and patients suffer fewer side effects or less damage to health tissues.”
Steinbacher will carry out his research with the assistance of undergraduate students at Canisius. The opportunity will provide these young chemists an important training opportunity and will also enable them to collaborate with researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and SUNY University at Buffalo.
Click here for more details as to how Steinbacher will use the NSF grant.
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