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TOMSK, Sep 24 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk
doctors will develop genetic technologies to block metastases in
cancer, Siberian State Medical University (SSMU) has received a grant of
over 260 million rubles from the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher
Education, the press service of the regional administration said on
Friday.
According to the regional administration, the
funding was received within the framework of the federal scientific and
technical program for the development of genetic technologies. A total
of 128 applications from 8 federal districts and 35 regions were
received. SSMU will receive more than 260 million rubles to implement
the project.
"The main goal of the program is to develop
and apply the most advanced genetic technologies to block metastases of
key oncological diseases leading to high mortality and disability both
in Russia and around the world", – the press service quotes the
university's Vice-Rector for Postgraduate Education and Research Olga
Fedorova.
It is clarified that the grant from the Ministry
of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has become
one of the largest in the history of the university. The success of the
Tomsk scientists was made possible thanks to the integration of
competences within the framework of the Big University. The project will
be led by Professor, Head of the Department of Innate Immunity and
Immunological Tolerance of Heidelberg University (Germany), an employee
of SSMU and Tomsk State University Julia Kzhyshkowska.