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Bioscience behind cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment

April 2006 Download bioscience behind cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment

 

  • Bioscience behind cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment (PDF 1.60MB)

 

Including:

  • identifying cancer processes that might be targeted by new drugs: cell division, triggering cell suicide, using cell suicide to kill tumour cells selectively, and learning from fruit flies
  • improving diagnosis and the effectiveness of treatments: resonant sensor, targeting treatments, modelling tumour growth, and targeting tubulin
  • Diet and cancers of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract: ‘cancer-fighting’ broccoli
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Tracey Duncombe
tracey.duncombe@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 414695
fax: 01793 413382

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