Sajani S. Lakka

Sajani S. Lakka
Associate Professor, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine
University of Illinois, USA

Biography

Sajani S. Lakka is an Associate Professor in Section of Hematology-Onco1ogy, Department of Medicine, University of illinois, Chicago, United States. She also worked as Research Assistant Professor in Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology UIC College of Medicine at Peoria, United States. She has persued her Post Doctoral Fellowship from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas, United states.

Research Interest

Regulation of Medulloblastoma Tumor Growth by SPARC
Role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in lung cancer
Modulation ofMMP-9 in Medulloblastoma
Inhibition of glioma tumor growth by antisense MMP-9
Growth inhibition of brain tumors by cord blood stem cells
Validating SPARC gene therapy to enhance chemosensitivity