USA Researchers Awarded $1.15-Million Grant

Ajay Singh, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Research Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama Whiddon College of Medicine Program Leader, Cancer Biology, USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute | Photo courtesy of Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama

MOBILE, Ala. — Researchers at the University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine have been awarded a $1.15-million U.S. Department of Defense grant to study the effect of nicotine on prostate health, Business Alabama reported. Among other steps, the researchers will compare prostate tumor tissue from patients who smoke to that of patients who don’t to study nicotine-induced changes. Awardee Dr. Ajay Singh, professor of pathology at the college, explained, “Our preliminary studies make strong suggestions for a pathobiological involvement of nicotine exposure in prostate cancer aggressiveness and therapy resistance.”