Research projects
Active Australia
Breast cancer
Dr Papa in Australia wants to find a new way to treat breast cancer, that could work in combination with current treatments. This will help tackle treatment resistance.
Researcher: Dr Antonella Papa
Is a particular mutation driving treatment resistance?
Active Portugal
Breast cancer
Patients often respond well to chemotherapy only to later develop treatment resistance – meaning the cancer comes back and the chemotherapy has stopped working. Professor Maiato wants to find ways to prevent this treatment resistance.
Researcher: Professor Helder Maiato
Can we tackle drug resistance by de-coding the structure of cells?
Active USA
Breast cancer
This project hopes to develop a new way to identify and target prostate and breast cancer cells in the body using tiny molecular ‘flags’, called minibodies.
Researcher: Dr Tanya Stoyanova
Mini but mighty: Using ‘minibodies’ to detect and treat breast and prostate cancer
Active Italy
General cancer research
Once cancer has spread, or metastasised, it often becomes incurable. This project is investigating new ways to deliver drugs specifically to metastatic tumours.
Researcher: Professor Roberta Tasso
Developing natural nanoparticle “smart bombs” to target hard-to-treat tumours
Active Spain
Breast cancer
Obesity makes it easier for breast cancer to spread but this project will try to find out why to hopefully reveal new ways to stop breast cancer spreading.
Researcher: Dr Hector Peinado Selgas
Shining a light on the link between obesity and breast cancer’s ability to spread
Active Australia
Breast cancer
This project could uncover new ways to help predict who would benefit from an existing breast cancer treatment, and improve its effectiveness for more patients.
Researcher: Professor Pieter Eichhorn
Improving the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment for more patients
Active United Kingdom
Breast cancer
This project is hoping to find smarter and kinder ways to treat breast cancer by destroying cancer cells in a different way from other cancer treatments.
Researcher: Professor Pascal Meier
Life, Death and Afterlife: Using cell death to boost our immune system
Active Spain
Breast cancer
Since breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, researchers are hoping to find vital treatments by targeting a type of cell involved in cancer growth.
Researcher: Dr Joaquín Arribas
Seeking kinder treatments for breast cancer