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How cancer cells shapeshift to spread through the body
23rd August 2023
Researchers show how cancer cells rearrange their inner workings to squeeze between obstacles
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Unexpected inhibitor of breast cancer invasion revealed
28th July 2023
The findings could help us to distinguish who will benefit from treatment
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New insight into how a faulty protein drives lung cancer gives clues to why some therapies fail
15th June 2023
The findings could help explain why cancer drugs that target the molecule MET work for some people but not others.
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Ovarian cancer’s protective barrier: how the tumour matrix teaches cells to disarm immune attack
15th May 2023
The results suggest new strategies to overcome the cancer’s defences and treat patients more effectively
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Research identifies new way to halt pancreatic cancer invasion by targeting healthy cells
10th November 2022
Researchers from Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London have identified a new channel of communication through which non-cancerous cells drive the invasion of cancer cells in pancreatic cancer. By blocking a particular signalling molecule within this pathway, called Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1, the team was able to reduce invasion of pancreatic cancer cells in the laboratory.
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The REMODEL project: Remodelling tumour microenvironments to improve immunotherapy
12th October 2022
Professor Fran Balkwill from Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London has received a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Frontier Research grant of over £2 million to investigate the most effective ways to remodel cancers to enhance the effects of immunotherapy.
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