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Elankurmaran Subbiah and Siba K. Samal, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Caption: Elankurmaran Subbiah, a virologist with the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology (www.vetmed.vt.edu/Organization/Departments/DBSP/) at Virginia Tech, and Siba K. Samal, associate dean, University of Maryland, were awarded a Department of Defense "Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program" grant to support their ongoing work using a genetically modified version of Avian Newcastle disease virus to treat prostate cancer in humans.

Credit: Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine photo

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