The Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center (hereinafter referred to as CMAPC) of Fuzhou University with excellent pharmaceutical talents, is composed of the Biochemical Laboratory, Molecular and Cellular Laboratory, Cancer Pharmacological Laboratory, Cell Culture and Sorting Laboratory, Chemical Synthesis Laboratory, Plant and Ocean Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Bionanotechnology Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory, Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, and Bioanalysis Chemistry Laboratory. The research of CMAPC covers many fields of pharmaceutics and it has become the core of the key disciplines of Fuzhou University within Fujian Province. CMAPC offers many courses related to research and development of modern biomedicines. It recruits graduates and post doctors in the areas of pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical analysis, analytical chemistry, biochemical engineering, and food safety and medicinal chemistry. There are about 30 post doctors, PhDs and Master graduates at CMAPC.
The research of the Center focuses on: 1) studying the mechanisms of cancer metastasis after surgery from cellular and molecular basis as well as from mammal body as a whole; 2) discovering key pathways that control cancer metastasis; 3) establishing animal models that can reliably mimic metastasis in patients. Having a comprehensive understanding of metastasis dynamics, internal and external elements that deactivate or reactivate circulating tumor cells, we have developed various methods, techniques and products that can reliably alert metastasis for cancer survivors; developed various techniques and products (including drug combination, nanomaterials, biopharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicines, and others) that can efficiently and safely prevent cancer survivors from potential metastasis. Since its establishment in 2012, CMAPC has published more than 30 papers and its faculty members have been invited for more than 10 presentations at international and domestic scientific conferences. CMAPC has established academic ties with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) as well as Colleges of Pharmaceutics abroad and at home. Its graduates have received many scientific conference awards with their high-quality research presentations.
