6th Annual WML Academic Symposium

Poster Presentation
Time: 4:00-5:30
Presenter(s): Megan Kauffman
Title: Innovative Bioluminometric Quantification of Cancer Cell Load in Target Organs: Implications for Studying Anticancer Drugs
Developed under the guidance of Dr. Hong Zhu , Osteopathic Medicine

A highly sensitive, bioluminescence-based method was developed to detect tumor cell load in mouse lungs following intravenous injection of luciferase-expressing B16-F10 melanoma cells. This method allows quantification of cancer cell load before the formation of surface foci in mouse lungs, and has important implications for studying anticancer drugs.