Outsmarting brain tumour cells
The clinical outcomes of brain cancer have not improved in 30 years.
The microenvironment surrounding cancer cells is at the frontline of clinical oncology. However, the influence of the biochemical composition of the human brain on the progression of Glioblastoma is poorly understood.
We will test how the brain biochemistry may change the identity of cancer cells and cause the failure of current chemo- and radiotherapies. Finally we will develop a laboratory test to identify more effective drugs.
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This project is funded by the Mark Hughes Foundation
SAHMRI is located on Kaurna Country. We pay respects to the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We are committed to embracing knowledge and culture as we continue our working journey to incorporate Aboriginal health research across all of our themes and further reconciliation.
Read more"Tirki nguta tappa tangka marninithi"
(Learning and knowledge are the pathway to alter the mind)
- Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien, Kaurna Elder
