Jorge G. Gomez-Gutierrez Ph.D. received a $50,000 grant from the Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) to create "A New Model for Viral Therapy for Lung Cancer." This research focuses on a new method for potentially more effective viral gene transfer to treat lung cancer. This work represents a model for highly specific targeted therapy aimed at interrupting specific cell pathways unique to lung cancer cells thus possibly avoiding damage to non-cancer cells. The National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico, which is a government agency similar to the NIH, a government agency similar to the NIH, also awarded Gomez-Gutierrez the distinction of National Researcher Level I.