‘Fine time’ in Brittany raises £1500
...session” long pockets and short arms are rare. “This year we managed to raise £1,500. At the end of the competition the overall champion gets the opportunity to choose a...
Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Tissue Bank
...Research Fund Tissue Bank: FAQ For researchers UK and international researchers are welcome to apply to access samples and /or pseudo-anonymised data from the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Tissue Bank...
Dr Giulia Biffi
...team hope to help researchers to design more effective treatments. And it’s possible the fibroblasts themselves could work as a target for new treatments, in combination with other therapies. ...
Treating healthy cells could slow pancreatic cancer spread
...resembling the tumour environment. Typically, a pancreatic cancer tumour surrounds itself with a thick fibrous layer of healthy cells, known as the ‘stroma’, which acts as a barrier and can...
Professor Jason Carroll
...switch the genes on and off. Professor Carroll hopes to use his technique to build a map of the genes and proteins that drive the progression of pancreatic cancer and...
Dr Gunnel Halldén
...as gemcitabine and irinotecan, work together on a molecular level to kill cancer cells. Her research team found that AdΔΔ makes chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer cells more sensitive to treatment and...
Professor Marco Falasca
Project Title: Investigation of mechanisms regulating phosphoinositide 3-kinase expression in pancreatic cancer Research Aims: Studies using pancreatic cancer tissue and pancreatic tumour cell lines have identified several genetic and...
Prof Hemant Kocher and Dr Richard Grose
...help them invade neighbouring healthy tissue. The new project aims to identify ways to block the chemical messages passed between cancer cells and stellate cells and identify new treatment avenues....
Professor John F. Marshall
...a protein fragment (a peptide) that can find and attach itself to alpha-v beta-6, and has combined it with a potent natural poison to kill the cancer cells and leave...
Dr Mairead McNamara
Project Title: A study to assess the feasibility of evaluating BRCAness in plasma and tumour samples from patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma Project Aims: Some pancreatic tumours removed from patients...