Khuloud Jaqaman PhD

Dr. Khuloud Jaqaman, a Ph.D. crucial part of tumor formation in cancer is the ability of cancer cells to form new blood vessels to supply their increasing needs. Healing from a wound also requires growing new blood vessels, so this is another part of normal cell biology that goes awry in cancer.

Now a researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is trying to understand this process, called angiogenesis, in an effort to interfere with cancer-associated blood vessels. This could have multiple effects on a tumor, from inhibiting its growth to making drug delivery more efficient.