Topic: Cancer research
Prof Tangye is studying patients with immune deficiencies and how this leads to the development of lymphoma cancers.
Professor Croucher and his team have demonstrated the potential of a newly approved treatment for osteoporosis to strengthen and rebuild bone damaged by myeloma.
Dr Micklethwaite has been developing myeloma-specific CAR T-cells – immune cells specifically designed to recognise and destroy myeloma cells.
Dr Wang and her team have identified a new treatment target for one of the most lethal forms of leukaemia.
Professor Clarke’s team has been unravelling the complexities of breast cancer by providing new insight into the structure of the normal breast and how progesterone may be linked with cancer risk.
Associate Professor Phoebe Phillips and her team have come up with a new way to target the cells that help the spread of aggressive pancreatic cancer.
Research shows 100,000 lung cancer deaths could be avoided this century if smoking rates are reduced to 10% by 2025.
Research has revealed that most food ads kids see on public transport are for junk food, despite growing rates of childhood obesity.
Professor Liu and his team are investigating how particular proteins affect the development and growth of tumours in children with TERT-rearranged neuroblastoma.
Professor Baker and his team aim to develop a new blood-based test to detect bowel cancer in its early stages.