Research projects

Hector Peinado Selgas and Team

Complete Spain

General cancer research

How does obesity increase the risk of cancer spread?

These researchers aim to understand how tumour and fat cells communicate to kickstart new ways to stop cancer spreading and make it easier to treat.

Researcher: Dr Hector Peinado Selgas

How does obesity increase the risk of cancer spread?

Complete Belgium

Leukaemia

What is the role of clever “stem cells” in aggressive leukaemia?

By better understanding what makes leukaemia more destructive in some patients this project hopes to lead to the development of new, better treatments. 

Researcher: Professor Pieter Van Vlierberghe

Investigating the role of stem cells in leukaemia in order to develop more effective treatments

Complete Italy

Lymphoma

How does the way proteins communicate effect lymphoma?

This team hope to reveal new ways to treat blood cancer patients and their discoveries could potentially also benefit patients with many other types of cancer.

Researcher: Dr Arianna Sabò

Unravelling the interplay between two proteins in B-cell lymphoma
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