The USA Mitchell Cancer Institute focuses on research to accelerate the translation of new knowledge into novel therapies and diagnostic tools.

• Cancer Immunotherapy - to find improved treatments, prevention, and cure for cancers through manipulation of the immune system.
• Strategies for selection of gene-transduced stem cells - tested in vitro and in vivo. A newly developed protocol of culture and gene transduction of neural stem cells will be utilized for gene therapy of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
• Identification of proteomic markers for cancer and their trace analysis within biological fluids and tissues.
• Preclinical cancer pharmacology - a gene-therapy approach.
• Understanding the regulation of various metastasis related genes by epigenetic modification.
• Role of transcription regulatory proteins and complexes in metastasis.

For more information about research at the USAMCI contact:

Dr. Oystein Fodstad, Barbara Colle Chair and Scientific Director
USA Mitchell Cancer Institute,
1660 Springhill Avenue
Mobile, Alabama 36604

Phone: (251) 460-6995
Fax: (251) 460-6994
ofodstad@usouthal.edu