Information for the Lay Person

Primary research interest of Dr. Chauhan’s lab is to identify and characterize the diagnostic and therapeutic targets for cancer, such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer. This research is aimed for the identification and characterization of biomarkers that aberrantly express or localize in cancer cells in order to develop newer tools for early disease diagnosis. Recently we have identified a novel trans-membrane mucin MUC13 which is highly over-expressed ovarian and pancreatic cancer cells. This may be potential biomarker for early cancer diagnosis as well as a good target for antibody guided targeted cancer therapy.