They received the prize for their publication „Tumorspezifische, Hypoxie-basierte Aktivierung von EGFR-Inhibitoren/Tumor-Targeting of EGFR Inhibitors by Hypoxia-Mediated Activation“ in the journal „Angewandte Chemie“, developing a new stragey for the reduction of the often grave side effects of an important class of modern of cancer therapeuthics (tyrosine kinase inhibitors).
Tumor-Targeting of EGFR Inhibitors by Hypoxia-Mediated Activation
Karnthaler-Benbakka, C., Groza, D., Kryeziu, K., Pichler, V., Roller, A., Berger, W., Heffeter, P. & Kowol, C. R.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) (2014) 53, 47, 12930-12935- Förderungspreis des Fonds der Stadt Wien für CCC Mitglied Petra Heffeter und Christian Kowol (Medical University of Vienna, in German)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen im Oktober 2016 (University of Vienna, 31.10.2016, in German)