{"id":11609,"date":"2022-04-04T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=11609"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:13:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:13:37","slug":"hector-franco-phd-receives-ovarian-cancer-pilot-study-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/hector-franco-phd-receives-ovarian-cancer-pilot-study-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector Franco, PhD Receives Ovarian Cancer Pilot Study Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8766\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 232px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hector L. Franco, PhD\" width=\"222\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/02\/Dr-Hector-L-Franco-PhD-400x518-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Hector L. Franco, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Hector Franco (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has received a pilot study award from the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.<\/p>\n<p>This two-year pilot titled \u201cIdentifying drivers of therapeutic resistance in ovarian cancer at single cell resolution\u201d is based on the hypothesis that a select number of cells within the ovarian tumor milieu acquire the activation of oncogenic enhancers that drive critical gene expression programs needed for chemoresistance. 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