UTA Researcher Earns $250,000 Grant from CPRIT to Explore How T-Cells Detect Cancer

George Alexandrakis, PhD

The University of Texas at Arlington’s bioengineering professor, George Alexandrakis received a $250,000 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant is leading a state-funded project that will try to identify what T-cells are detecting in cancerous cells to better craft a personalized cancer immunotherapy.

“One of the challenges with cancer is that it is so variable. It changes all the time and is different in all people,” Alexandrakis said. Alexandrakis’ CPRIT-funded research will contribute to ongoing efforts focused on unmasking cancer cells and making them visible to a patient’s immune system.